Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrastuz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Related to Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drdwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθrɑs.tuz/

Noun

*þrastuz m

thrush

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *þrastuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrastuz	*þrastiwiz
vocative	*þrastu	*þrastiwiz
accusative	*þrastų	*þrastunz
genitive	*þrastauz	*þrastiwǫ̂
dative	*þrastiwi	*þrastumaz
instrumental	*þrastū	*þrastumiz

Related terms

*þrustlō

Descendants

Some of these descendants have changed -st- to -sk- for unknown reasons.

Old English: þrysċe, þræsċe
- Middle English: thrusche, thryshe
  - English: thrush
- ⇒ Old English: *þrysċele
  - Middle English: thruschel, ⇒ Middle English: thruschylcok
⇒ Old English: þrostle, þrosle
- Middle English: throstel, thrustel, þrestel, Middle English: þrestelcok, thrustelcok, throstylkock, throstylcoke, thyrstyllecok
  - English: throstle
Old High German: throsca, throskala, throskela, drosca
- Middle High German: droschel, troschel, trostel
  - Danish: drossel
  - German: Drossel
  - Bavarian: Drostle
  - Alemannic German: Dröschel
  - Luxembourgish: Dréischel
Old Norse: þrǫstr
- Icelandic: þröstur
- Faroese: trøstur
- Norwegian: trost, trast
- Swedish: trast
- Danish: trost