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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrutą
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Derived from *þreutaną (“to harass, weary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθruː.tɑ̃/
Noun
*þrutą n[1]
- exhaustion
- need
Inflection
| neuter a-stemDeclension of *þrutą (neuter a-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | *þrutą | *þrutō | |
| vocative | *þrutą | *þrutō | |
| accusative | *þrutą | *þrutō | |
| genitive | *þrutas, *þrutis | *þrutǫ̂ | |
| dative | *þrutai | *þrutamaz | |
| instrumental | *þrutō | *þrutamiz | |
Related terms
- *þrutō
Descendants
- West Germanic: *þrut
- Old English: þrot
- Old Saxon: *throt
- ⇒ Old Saxon: farthrot
- Old Norse: þrot
- Icelandic: þrot
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*þrutan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 427