Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þreskwaþluz

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

Alternative forms

  • *þreskūþluz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskudlaz

Etymology

Derived from *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh”), whose original meaning must have been “to tread”.[1] The second element is uncertain. One possibility is that it is a metathetic alteration of *walþuz. Alternatively, it may represent an instrument suffix *-þl- from PIE *-tl-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθres.kʷɑθ.luz/

Noun

*þreskwaþluz m

  1. threshold

Declension

Declension of *þreskwaþluz (u-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þreskwaþluz *þreskwaþliwiz
vocative *þreskwaþlu *þreskwaþliwiz
accusative *þreskwaþlų *þreskwaþlunz
genitive *þreskwaþlauz *þreskwaþliwǫ̂
dative *þreskwaþliwi *þreskwaþlumaz
instrumental *þreskwaþlū *þreskwaþlumiz

Descendants

References

  1. ^ “threshold, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2024.
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