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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. Friedrich Kluge (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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