Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrutą

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

Derived from *þreutaną (“to harass, weary”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθruː.tɑ̃/

Noun

*þrutą n[1]

  1. exhaustion
  2. need

Inflection

Declension of *þrutą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þrutą *þrutō
vocative *þrutą *þrutō
accusative *þrutą *þrutō
genitive *þrutas, *þrutis *þrutǫ̂
dative *þrutai *þrutamaz
instrumental *þrutō *þrutamiz
  • *þrutō

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þrot
    • Old English: þrot
    • Old Saxon: *throt
      • ⇒ Old Saxon: farthrot
  • Old Norse: þrot
  • →? Proto-Finnic: *turta (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þrutan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
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