Where does “þrawan” come from?

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

þrawan (Old English): to twist, turn, writhe

Definitions

  1. to twist, turn, writhe

Ancestry of “þrawan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþrāanto twist
2Proto-Germanicþrēanąto twist, to turn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrāan →