Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/trabō
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editPossibly related to Proto-Slavic *drapati, Sanskrit द्रापि (drāpi, “garment, mantle”), and Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck, tear off”). Also compare Old Norse trefja (“to buzz”) and trefill (“rag, tatter”).[1][2]
Noun
edit*trabō f [3]
- fringe (decorative border)
Declension
editō-stemDeclension of *trabō (ō-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *trabō | *trabôz | |
vocative | *trabō | *trabôz | |
accusative | *trabǭ | *trabōz | |
genitive | *trabōz | *trabǫ̂ | |
dative | *trabōi | *trabōmaz | |
instrumental | *trabō | *trabōmiz |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 109
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 352
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “trabō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 520