Where does “thrāian” come from?

thrāian (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic þrāan, from Proto-Germanic þrēaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

thrāian (Old Saxon): to turn

Definitions

  1. to turn

Ancestry of “thrāian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþrāanto twist
2Proto-Germanicþrēanąto twist, to turn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce

Words derived from “thrāian”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þrēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þrāan →
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