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Where does “þrēat” come from?

þrēat (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þrautaz, from Proto-Indo-European trewd- — to push, to thrust.

þrēat (Old English): crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure,...

Definitions

  1. crowd, swarm, troop, army, press; pressure,...

Ancestry of “þrēat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþrautaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust

Words derived from “þrēat”

  • threat
  • biothreat
  • threatful
  • counterthreat
  • nonthreat
  • cyberthreat
  • threatless
  • threatest
  • threatfulness
  • threatfully
  • threatsome
  • threatscape
  • thret
  • threat
  • thræt
  • threte
  • thrat
  • þreatian
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