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Where does “þreg-” come from?

þreg- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European trāgʰ- — pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run.

Ancestry of “þreg-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantrāgʰ-pull, drag, race, run; to pull, drag, race, run

Words derived from “þreg-”

  • thrall
  • thirlage
  • bethrall
  • thrallage
  • trell
  • træl
  • træl
  • trælle
  • threl
  • thralle
  • thral
  • threlle
  • þræl
  • þrǣl
  • þræla
  • þræll
  • tràilleachd
  • ban-tràill
  • tràill
  • þragilaz
  • þrahilaz
  • þrēhilaz
  • þræll
  • þræla
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