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Where does “þrexwold” come from?

þrexwold (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

þrexwold (Old English): Alternative form of þresċold

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of þresċold

Ancestry of “þrexwold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþreskwaþluzthreshold
2Proto-Germanicþreskanąto thresh
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “þrexwold”

  • threshold
  • thresholding
  • subthreshold
  • thresholded
  • suprathreshold
  • thresholdless
  • superthreshold
  • thresholder
  • photothreshold
  • bithreshold
  • election threshold
  • perithreshold
  • threschwolde
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