Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þrostlā

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

Related to *þrastuz (“thrush”).

Noun

*þrostlā f

1. thrush

   Synonyms: *þraskā, *þroskā, *þruskijā

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þrostlā
Genitive	*þrostlōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þrostlā	*þrostlōn
Accusative	*þrostlōn	*þrostlōn
Genitive	*þrostlōn	*þrostlōnō
Dative	*þrostlōn	*þrostlōm, *þrostlum
Instrumental	*þrostlōn	*þrostlōm, *þrostlum

Alternative reconstructions

• *þrosklā

Descendants

• Old English: þrostle, þrosle, þrysċele
  • Middle English: throstel, throstle, thrustel, threstel, thristel, throsle
    • English: throstle
    • Yola: drostal
• Old Frisian:
  • ⇒ Saterland Frisian: Dröizelke
• Old Saxon: throsla
  • Middle Low German: drôsle
    • German Low German:

      Bentheimisch: Dro̗ssel

      Westmünsterländisch: Drossel

      East Westphalian: Draussel, Draossel (Lippe), Dreossel (Ravensberg)

    • → Danish: drossel
• Old Dutch: *throstela
  • Middle Dutch: drossel
• Old High German: throskela, throskala, *throstela
  • Middle High German: droschel, troschel, trostel
    • Bavarian: Drostle
    • German: Drossel
    • Alemannic German: Dröschel
    • Luxembourgish: Dréischel