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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