Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrakjaz

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

Alternative forms

*þrekkaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”). Cognate with Latin stercus (“dung, manure”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθrɑk.jɑz/

Noun

*þrakjaz m

dirt

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þrakjaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrakjaz	þrakjōz, þrakjōs
vocative	*þraki	þrakjōz, þrakjōs
accusative	*þrakją	*þrakjanz
genitive	þrakjas, þrakis	*þrakjǫ̂
dative	*þrakjai	*þrakjamaz
instrumental	*þrakjō	*þrakjamiz

Descendants

Old English: þreahs, þreax
Old Frisian: threkk
- Saterland Frisian: Dräk
- West Frisian: (dridze ?)
Old Saxon: *threkk
- Middle Low German: dreck
  - German Low German: Dreck
Old Dutch: *threkk, *threk
- Middle Dutch: drec
  - Dutch: drek
Old High German: threc (in compound mūsthrec)
- Middle High German: drëc
  - German: Dreck
  - Luxembourgish: Dreck
  - Yiddish: דרעק‎ (drek)
    - English: dreck
Old Norse: þrekkr
- Icelandic: þrekkur
- Old Swedish: thrækker
  - Swedish: träck
- Old Danish: træk
  - Danish: dræk

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