Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þrostlā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

    Related to *þrastuz (“thrush”).

    Noun

    *þrostlā f[1]

    1. thrush
      Synonyms: *þraskā, *þroskā, *þruskijā

    Inflection

    ōn-stem
    Singular
    Nominative *þrostlā
    Genitive *þrostlōn
    Singular Plural
    Nominative *þrostlā *þrostlōn
    Accusative *þrostlōn *þrostlōn
    Genitive *þrostlōn *þrostlōnō
    Dative *þrostlōn *þrostlōm, *þrostlum
    Instrumental *þrostlōn *þrostlōm, *þrostlum

    Alternative reconstructions

    • *þrosklā

    Descendants

    • Old English: þrostle, þrosle, þrysċele
      • Middle English: throstel, throstle, thrustel, threstel, thristel, throsle
        • English: throstle
        • Yola: drostal
    • Old Frisian:
    • Old Saxon: throsla
      • Middle Low German: drôsle
        • German Low German:
          Bentheimisch: Dro̗ssel
          Westmünsterländisch: Drossel
          East Westphalian: Draussel, Draossel (Lippe), Dreossel (Ravensberg)
        • → Danish: drossel
    • Old Dutch: *throstela
    • Old High German: throskela, throskala, *throstela
      • Middle High German: droschel, troschel, trostel
        • Bavarian: Drostle
        • German: Drossel
        • Alemannic German: Dröschel
        • Luxembourgish: Dréischel

    References

    1. ^ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Drossel¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 156: “wg. *prust-lō”
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