Where does “trǫf” come from?

trǫf (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic trabō, from Proto-Indo-European drāp-.

trǫf (Old Norse): fringe; nominative plural indefinite of traf

Definitions

  1. fringe; nominative plural indefinite of traf

Ancestry of “trǫf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrabōfringe
2Proto-Indo-Europeandrāp-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drāp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trabō →