Where does “þriska” come from?
þriska (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse þreskja, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
þriska (Old Swedish): to thresh
Ancestry of “þriska”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | þreskja | to thresh |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
Words derived from “þriska”