Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrūþiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *þrewwaną (to grow, to thrive) +‎ *-þiz.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθruː.θiz/

Noun

*þrūþiz f[1][2]

  1. strength

Inflection

Declension of *þrūþiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrūþiz *þrūþīz
vocative *þrūþi *þrūþīz
accusative *þrūþį *þrūþinz
genitive *þrūþīz *þrūþijǫ̂
dative *þrūþī *þrūþimaz
instrumental *þrūþī *þrūþimiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þrūþi
    • Old English: þrȳþ
      • Middle English: thrith, thirth
    • Old Saxon: *thrūth (in personal names and placenames)
      • Old Saxon: Thrudbertus
      • Old Saxon: Thruthburg
  • Old Norse: þrúðr, Þrúðr
    • Old Norse: þrúðhamarr
    • Old Norse: Þrúðvangr
    • Icelandic: Þrúður

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrūþi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 548
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þrūþiz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428