treg
Albanian edit
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Possibly from a Balkan substrate. Usually assumed to be connected with Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tirgus, Swedish torg (“market, marketplace”). Compare Romanian târg (“market”). This group is considered to be cognate with the Italian city name of Trieste, Latin Tergeste.[1][2]
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treg m (plural tregje, definite tregu, definite plural tregjet)
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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From Old Norse tregr (“unwilling, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *tregaz (“sad, unwilling”).
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treg (neuter singular tregt, definite singular and plural trege, comparative tregere, indefinite superlative tregest, definite superlative tregeste)
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- “treg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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From Old Norse tregr (“unwilling, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *tregaz (“sad, unwilling”). Compare Danish træg and Dutch traag.
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treg (neuter singular tregt, definite singular and plural trege, comparative tregare, indefinite superlative tregast, definite superlative tregaste)
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- “treg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From earlier *trīeg, *trīewg, *trīewig, diminutive (with Old English -ig) of *trīew, from Proto-West Germanic *trauwi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *drew- (“a type of vessel”). Akin to Old English trog (“trough”).
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trēġ n
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *tregą.
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treg n