Where does “thrāien” come from?

thrāien (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

thrāien (Old Dutch): to turn, to rotate

Definitions

  1. to turn, to rotate

Ancestry of “thrāien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþrāanto twist
2Proto-Germanicþrēanąto twist, to turn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “thrāien”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrāan →