Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þragilaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

*þrahilaz, *þrēgilaz, *þrēhilaz, *þrigilaz, *þrihilaz

Etymology

From *þrēg-, *þrag- (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (“to pull, drag, race, run”) or Proto-Indo-European *trēkʰ-, *trakʰ- (“to run”).

Noun

*þragilaz m

runner; gofer; servant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þragilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þragilaz	þragilōz, þragilōs
vocative	*þragil	þragilōz, þragilōs
accusative	*þragilą	*þragilanz
genitive	þragilas, þragilis	*þragilǫ̂
dative	*þragilai	*þragilamaz
instrumental	*þragilō	*þragilamiz

Descendants

Old English: þrǣl, þrēal (possibly borrowed from Old Norse)
- Middle English: thelle, thralle, threl, thral
  - Scots: thril, thirl, thral
  - English: thrall
Old Saxon: thragil, *thregil
- Middle Low German: dravel, drevel; drelle (< Old Norse?)
  - Dutch: drel, trel (?)
Old High German: dregil, drigil, trigil, trikil
Old Norse: þræll
- Icelandic: þræll
- Faroese: trælur
- Norwegian: træl
- Old Swedish: þrǣl
  - Swedish: träl
- Old Danish: thrǣl
  - Danish: træl
- Westrobothnian: trel