Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þrau

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 *þrawō.

Noun

*þrau f[1]

threat

Inflection

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þrau
Genitive	*þrawā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þrau	*þrawō
Accusative	*þrawā	*þrawā
Genitive	*þrawā	*þrawō
Dative	*þrawē	þrawōm, þraum
Instrumental	*þrau	þrawōm, þraum

Descendants

Old English: þrēa
- English: throw, throe
Old Saxon: *thrā
- Old Saxon: thrāwerk (“pain”)
Old High German: drawa, drowa, drōa
- Middle High German: drowe, drouwe, drō

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61: “PWGmc *þrau, *þrawā-”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 61: “PWGmc *þrau, *þrawā-”