Where does “tröskverk” come from?
tröskverk (Swedish) comes from Swedish tröska, from Old Swedish þriska, from Old Norse þreskja, from Proto-Germanic þreskaną, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tröskverk (Swedish): a threshing machine, a thresher
Definitions
- a threshing machine, a thresher
Ancestry of “tröskverk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | tröska | to thresh |
| 2 | Old Swedish | þriska | to thresh |
| 3 | Old Norse | þreskja | to thresh |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | þreskaną | to thresh |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |