Where does “tregr” come from?

tregr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic tregô, from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- — to be unwilling, vexed.

Ancestry of “tregr”, step by step

tregr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic tregô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictregôgrief, pain
2Proto-Indo-Europeandreǵʰ-to be unwilling, vexed

via Proto-Germanic *tregaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*tregaz—

Words derived from “tregr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tregô →