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Where does “trast” come from?

trast (Swedish) comes from Old Norse þrǫstr, from Proto-Germanic þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European trósdos.

trast (Swedish): a thrush

Definitions

  1. a thrush

Ancestry of “trast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþrǫstrthrush
2Proto-Germanicþrastuzthrush
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrósdos—

Words derived from “trast”

  • koltrast
  • amurtrast
  • härmtrast
  • vandringstrast
Every word from Proto-Indo-European trósdos →