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Where does “þreyttr” come from?

þreyttr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þrautijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

þreyttr (Old Norse): tired

Definitions

  1. tired

Ancestry of “þreyttr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicþrautijanąTo exhaust
2Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
3Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
5Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “þreyttr”

  • trett
  • trøtt
  • tretthet
  • træt
  • dødtræt
  • þreyttur
  • troyttur
  • tröjtt
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