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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrawō

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 Proto-Indo-European *trouH-eh₂, from *trewh₁-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθra.wɔː/

Noun

*þrawō f [1]

  1. a longing, suffering

Declension
ō-stemDeclension of *þrawō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrawō *þrawôz
vocative *þrawō *þrawôz
accusative *þrawǭ *þrawōz
genitive *þrawōz *þrawǫ̂
dative *þrawōi *þrawōmaz
instrumental *þrawō *þrawōmiz
  • *þrawōjaną
  • *þraujaną

Descendants
  • Old English: þrēa
  • Old Saxon: *thrā
    • Old Saxon: thrāwerk (“pain”)
  • Old High German: drawa, drowa, drōa
    • Middle High German: dro(u)we, drō
  • Old Norse: þrá

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*þrawō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 545
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