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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þorp

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

From Proto-Germanic *þurpą.

Noun

*þorp n

  1. village, rural settlement
  2. gathering of people
  3. clearing, cleared land

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *þorp
Genitive *þorpas
Singular Plural
Nominative *þorp *þorpu
Accusative *þorp *þorpu
Genitive *þorpas *þorpō
Dative *þorpē *þorpum
Instrumental *þorpu *þorpum

Alternative forms

  • *þerp

Descendants

  • Old English: þorp, þrop
    • Middle English: thorp
      • English: thorp
  • Old Frisian: thorp, therp
  • Old Saxon: thorp
    • Middle Low German: dorp
      • German Low German:
        • Low Prussian: Dörp, Dorp, Derp
        • Westphalian:
          • Münsterland: Duorp
          • Paderborn: Doärp
          • Sauerland: Duarp
      • Plautdietsch: Darp
      • German: -trop
      • West Frisian: doarp
  • Old Dutch: thorp
  • Old High German: thorph, thorf, dorf; thorp (Central German)
  • Vulgar Latin: *tropus, *troppus
    • Medieval Latin: troppus (see there for further descendants)
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