Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þraki

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrakjaz.

Noun

*þraki m

1. dirt

Inflection

Masculine ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þraki
Genitive	*þrakkjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þraki	*þrakkjō, *þrakkjōs
Accusative	*þraki	*þrakkjā
Genitive	*þrakkjas	*þrakkjō
Dative	*þrakkjē	*þrakkjum
Instrumental	*þrakkju	*þrakkjum

Descendants

• Old English: þreahs, þreax
• Old Frisian: threkk
  • >? Saterland Frisian: Dräk (possibly borrowed from Low German)
  • (West Frisian: dridze ?)
• Old Saxon: *threkk
  • Middle Low German: dreck
    • German Low German: Dreck
• Old Dutch: *threc
  • Middle Dutch: drec
    • Dutch: drek
      • Afrikaans: drek
• Old High German: threc (in compound mūsthrec)
  • Middle High German: drëc
    • Cimbrian: drèkh
    • German: Dreck, Drekk
      • → Czech: drek
      • → Kashubian: drëk
      • → Serbo-Croatian: дре̏к (drȅk)
      • → Slovene: drȅk
    • Luxembourgish: Dreck
    • Yiddish: דרעק (drek)
      • → English: dreck, drek
      • → Russian: дрек (drɛk)