Where does “þreotan” come from?

þreotan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þreutan, from Proto-Germanic þreutaną, from Proto-Indo-European trewd- — to push, to thrust.

þreotan (Old English): to weary

Definitions

  1. to weary

Ancestry of “þreotan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþreutanto harass, to weary
2Proto-Germanicþreutanąto harass, weary
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrewd-to push, to thrust
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trewd- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þreutaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þreutan →