Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tregô

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 *dreǵʰ- (“to be unwilling, vexed”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈtre.ɣɔːː/

Noun edit

*tregô m^[1]

grief, pain

Inflection edit

masculine an-stemDeclension of *tregô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tregô	*treganiz
vocative	*tregô	*treganiz
accusative	*treganų	*treganunz
genitive	*triginiz	*treganǫ̂
dative	*trigini	*tregammaz
instrumental	*triginē	*tregammiz

Related terms edit

*treganą

Descendants edit

Proto-West Germanic: *tregō
- Old English: treġa
  - English: treȝe, treiȝe, trei, trey, tray
    - English: tray
- Old Dutch: trego
Old Norse: tregi
- Icelandic: tregi
- Old Swedish: træghi

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tregōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409

[HGE-1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*tregōn”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409

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