Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrēduz

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 edit

Etymology edit

From *þrēaną +‎ *-þuz. Also corresponds to a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *treh₁tus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈθrɛː.ðuz/

Noun edit

*þrēduz m

thread, twisted fibre

Inflection edit

u-stemDeclension of *þrēduz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrēduz	*þrēdiwiz
vocative	*þrēdu	*þrēdiwiz
accusative	*þrēdų	*þrēdunz
genitive	*þrēdauz	*þrēdiwǫ̂
dative	*þrēdiwi	*þrēdumaz
instrumental	*þrēdū	*þrēdumiz

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *þrādu
- Old English: þrǣd
  - Middle English: thred, threed, threde, þræd, þred, þrede
    - English: thread
    - Scots: threid
    - Yola: dreade
- Old Frisian: thrēd
  - Saterland Frisian: Träid
  - West Frisian: tried, trie
- Old Saxon: thrād
  - Middle Low German: drât
    - German Low German: Drahd
    - → Estonian: traat (possibly from German)
- Old Dutch: *thrāt
  - Middle Dutch: drâet
    - Dutch: draad
      - Afrikaans: draad
      - → Aukan: dalati
      - → Caribbean Javanese: drat
      - → Indonesian: drat (“screw thread”)
      - → Papiamentu: drat, drachi
    - Limburgish: draod
- Old High German: drāt
  - Middle High German: drāt
    - Cimbrian: draat
    - German: Draht
      - → Hungarian: drót (“wire”)
      - → Polish: drut (“wire, knitting needle”)
    - Hunsrik: Droot
    - Luxembourgish: Drot
    - Vilamovian: dröt
    - Yiddish: דראָט (drot)
    - → Polish: dratwa (“strong thread”)
    - → Slovak: dratva (“strong thread”)
Old Norse: þráðr
- Icelandic: þráður
- Faroese: tráður
- Norn: tråð
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tråd
- Norwegian Bokmål: tråd
- Elfdalian: tråð
- Old Swedish: þrāþer, thrādher
  - Swedish: tråd
- Old Danish: thrāth
  - Danish: tråd
- Scanian: tráð
- Gutnish: trad