Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrewwaną

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 Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (to nourish, to grow).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

*þrewwaną[1]

  1. to grow, to thrive

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Proto-West Germanic: *þreuwan
    • Old High German: driuwan

References edit

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þrewan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546