Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrastuz

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 *trosdos (“thrush (bird)”). See Proto-West Germanic *þroskā (“thrush”), *þrostlā (“thrush”). Related to Latin turdus (whence distantly Armenian տորդիկ (tordik)), Lithuanian strãzdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drdwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθrɑs.tuz/

Noun

*þrastuz m

  1. thrush

Inflection

Declension of *þrastuz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrastuz *þrastiwiz
vocative *þrastu *þrastiwiz
accusative *þrastų *þrastunz
genitive *þrastauz *þrastiwǫ̂
dative *þrastiwi *þrastumaz
instrumental *þrastū *þrastumiz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: þrǫstr
  • → Proto-Samic: *(t)rāstēs (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrastu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 545
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