Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tregô

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 *dreǵʰ- (to be unwilling, vexed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtre.ɣɔːː/

Noun

*tregô m[1]

  1. grief, pain

Inflection

Declension of *tregô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *tregô *treganiz
vocative *tregô *treganiz
accusative *treganų *treganunz
genitive *triginiz *treganǫ̂
dative *trigini *tregammaz
instrumental *triginē *tregammiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *tregō
  • Old Norse: tregi
    • Icelandic: tregi
    • Old Swedish: træghi

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*tregōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 409