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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɛː.ðuz/

Noun

*þrēduz m

1. thread, twisted fibre

Inflection

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

• 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