Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrumą

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

Etymology uncertain. R. Meringer (Idg. Forsch. 21 (1907), 299) compared τέρμα (térma), terminus (Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥).

Noun

*þrumą n

stump, trunk, block; butt, end

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þrumą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrumą	*þrumō
vocative	*þrumą	*þrumō
accusative	*þrumą	*þrumō
genitive	þrumas, þrumis	*þrumǫ̂
dative	*þrumai	*þrumamaz
instrumental	*þrumō	*þrumamiz

Related terms

*þrumǭ

Descendants

Old English þrum (in tunge-þrum "sublinguae; a ligament of the tongue")
- Middle English throm
  - English: thrum (“end of the warp threads; a tuft or tassel”)
Old Saxon: thrumi
Middle Dutch: drom, drum
- Dutch: drom, dreum
Old High German: trum, drum; demil (“beam”)
- Middle High German: trum, drum; treme, trempel (“supporting pillar”), trame, drame (“beam”)
  - German: Trumm (“large block, lump”), Trümmer (“debris”); Tremel (“trunk”)
Old Icelandic: þrǫmr (“edge, border, brim”)
- Norwegian: tröm, trumm, tram
- Swedish: tröm, trumm, trom (“trunk, block of wood”)

References

“Trumm” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.