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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

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

Words derived from “tregr”

  • treg
  • treg
  • tregða
  • hægðatregða
  • tregur
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