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Where does “tressaillir” come from?

tressaillir (Old French) comes from Old French tres-, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

tressaillir (Old French): to jump over or jump across; to jump for joy

Definitions

  1. to jump over or jump across; to jump for joy

Ancestry of “tressaillir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtres-trans-; an intensifying prefix that doesn't...
2Latintrāns—
3LatinPadus—
4LeponticBodincus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰudʰmḗnbottom
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “tressaillir”

  • tressaillir
  • tressaillement
  • tresări
  • tresărire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →