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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrawōną

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 *þrawō (suffering, longing) + *-ōną.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθra.wɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*þrawōną[1][2]

  1. to desire, long for
  2. to suffer, endure
  3. to threaten

Inflection

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þrawōn
    • Old English: þrēawian
    • Old Saxon: *thrōōn
      • Middle Low German: drouwen, drowen, drauwen, drūwen
    • Old High German: *drōōn
  • Old Norse: þrá
    • Icelandic: þrá
    • Faroese: tráa
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: trå
    • Norwegian Bokmål: trå
    • Old Swedish: þra, thra

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrawōjan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þrawōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 425
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