Where does “þreatung” come from?

þreatung (Old English) comes from Old English -ung, from Proto-Germanic -ungō — -ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs.".

þreatung (Old English): compulsion, force, violence, oppression

Definitions

  1. compulsion, force, violence, oppression

Ancestry of “þreatung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-ungforming nouns from verbs, denoting verbal action...
2Proto-Germanic-ungō-ing, -ion. "Forms gerund nouns from verbs."
Every word from Proto-Germanic -ungō →Every word from Old English -ung →