Where does “þrāwan” come from?

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

þrāwan (Old English): to turn, twist, wind; to turn, twist, curl, rack,...

Definitions

  1. to turn, twist, wind; to turn, twist, curl, rack,...

Ancestry of “þrāwan”, 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 “þrāwan

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