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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrabōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From *þrebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (to scamper, trip, trample, tremble, step).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɑ.βɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrabōną

  1. to trot, trample
  2. to press, drive, urge, compel
  3. to quarrel, flite

Inflection

The original paradigm consisted of two stem-variants, singular *þrapp- against non-singular *þrab-.

  • *þraftuz

Descendants

  • Old English: þrafian
    • Middle English: thraven
  • Old Frisian: thravia
    • Saterland Frisian: troawje, droawje
    • West Frisian: trowia, trouwia, drave
  • Old Saxon: thrabōn, thravōn
    • Middle Low German: drāven, trāven
      • German Low German: draven
      • Swedish: trava
        • Swedish: travla
      • Elfdalian: tråvå
      • Westrobothnian: träva, træva
  • Old Dutch: *thravōn, *dravon
  • Old High German: *drabōn
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