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Where does “þræll” come from?

þræll (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þragilaz, from Proto-Indo-European trāgʰ- — pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run.

þræll (Old Norse): slave

Definitions

  1. slave

Ancestry of “þræll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþragilazrunner; gofer; servant
2Proto-Indo-Europeantrāgʰ-pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run

Words derived from “þræll”

  • thrall
  • thirlage
  • bethrall
  • thrallage
  • trell
  • træl
  • træl
  • trælle
  • threl
  • thralle
  • thral
  • threlle
  • þræl
  • þrǣl
  • þræla
  • þræll
  • tràilleachd
  • ban-tràill
  • tràill
  • þræla
  • thræl
  • trælæ
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