tred

Breton

Etymology

From Old Breton trot, from Proto-Brythonic *tröd (whence Middle Welsh trydw, Welsh drudwen), from Proto-Celtic *trozdis, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”); compare Latin turdus, English thrush, and Polish drozd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁeːt/

Noun

tred f (plural tridi)

1. starling

Inflection

  Mutation of tred  

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	tred	dred	zred	unchanged
plural	tridi	dridi	zridi	unchanged

Dutch

Etymology

Deverbal from treden.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

tred m (plural treden)

1. step

Related terms

• treden (verb)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tred

Anagrams

• redt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• trede, tredd

Etymology

A back-formation from treden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛd/, /ˈtrɛːd(ə)/

Noun

tred (plural tretes or treden)

1. The trail or signs left by travel; footprints
2. (rare) A platform for one's feet.

Descendants

• English: tread

References

• “trē̆d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-03.