Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrūhs

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 Proto-Indo-European *terh₃u- (“to rub, turn, drill, bore”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθruːxs/

Noun

*þrūhs f

  1. Hollowed-out wood, trough, dish

Inflection

Declension of *þrūhs (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrūhs *þrūhiz
vocative *þrūh *þrūhiz
accusative *þrūhų *þrūhunz
genitive *þrūhiz *þrūhǫ̂
dative *þrūhi *þrūhumaz
instrumental *þrūhē *þrūhumiz

Descendants

  • Old English: þrūh
    • Middle English: þrouȝ, thrugh, throgh
  • Old Saxon: thrūh
    • Middle Low German: drû
  • Old Dutch: thrūh, thrūch
  • Old High German: drūh, druoh
  • Old Norse: þró
    • Icelandic: þró
  • → Proto-Finnic: *ruuhi (see there for further descendants)
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