Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þreskwaþluz

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

Alternative forms edit

*þreskūþluz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskudlaz

Etymology edit

Derived from *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh”). The second element is uncertain. One possibility is that it is a metathetic alteration of *walþuz. Alternatively, it may represent an instrument suffix *-þl- from PIE *-tl-.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈθres.kʷɑθ.luz/

Noun edit

*þreskwaþluz m

threshold

Declension edit

u-stemDeclension of *þreskwaþluz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þreskwaþluz	*þreskwaþliwiz
vocative	*þreskwaþlu	*þreskwaþliwiz
accusative	*þreskwaþlų	*þreskwaþlunz
genitive	*þreskwaþlauz	*þreskwaþliwǫ̂
dative	*þreskwaþliwi	*þreskwaþlumaz
instrumental	*þreskwaþlū	*þreskwaþlumiz

Descendants edit

Old English: þersċweald, þyrsċweald, þrexwold, þersċold, þresċold
- Middle English: threschwolde, þreschwald, þresshewold, þrexwolde, þresfold, throschfold, throsfold, þresshald, threswald
  - English: threshold
  - Middle Scots: threschald
    - Scots: thraswald, thrashold, thrashol, thrashal, thrashel, threshal, threshwart, threshwort
Old Saxon: *thriskūvli, *thriskilfi
- Middle Low German: dreskelef
  - Low German: Drüssel, Dörsel, Dössel
Old High German: driskufli, driscufli, driskubli
- Middle High German: drischūvel, drischūfel, drischübel
  - German: Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (dialectal)
Old Norse: þreskǫldr, þreskjǫldr, þrøskǫldr, þrepskǫldr
- Icelandic: þröskuldur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: treskald
- Old Swedish: þriskuldi, þriskulde
  - Swedish: tröskel, träskvald (dialectal)
- Danish: tærskel
  - Norwegian Bokmål: terskel
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: terskel