Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurpą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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 *trab-, *treb- (“room, dwelling, settlement”). Cognate with Latin trabs (“beam, rafter, roof, vessel”), Lithuanian trōbà (“farmhouse”), Welsh tref (“town, home”), Albanian trevë (“country, region, village”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθur.pɑ̃/

Noun

*þurpą n

village, rural settlement
gathering of people
cleared land

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þurpą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þurpą	*þurpō
vocative	*þurpą	*þurpō
accusative	*þurpą	*þurpō
genitive	þurpas, þurpis	*þurpǫ̂
dative	*þurpai	*þurpamaz
instrumental	*þurpō	*þurpamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *þorp
- Old English: þorp, þrop
  - Middle English: thorp
    - English: thorp
- Old Frisian: thorp, therp
  - North Frisian: torp, terp, Tarp
  - East Frisian: terp
    Saterland Frisian: Täärp
  - West Frisian: terp
    - → Dutch: terp
- Old Saxon: thorp
  - Middle Low German: dorp
    - German Low German:
      - Low Prussian: Dörp, Dorp, Derp
      - Westphalian:
        Münsterland: Duorp
        Paderborn: Doärp
        Sauerland: Duarp
    - Plautdietsch: Darp
    - → German: -trop
    - → West Frisian: doarp
- Old Dutch: thorp
  - Middle Dutch: dorp
    - Dutch: dorp
      - Afrikaans: dorp
        → Fanagalo: dorop
        → Sotho: toropo
        → Tswana: toropo
        → Venda: ḓorobo
        → Xhosa: idolophu
        → Zulu: idolobha
      - Negerhollands: dorp
      - → English: dorp
      - → Papiamentu: dorp
      - → Sranan Tongo: dorpu
    - Limburgish: dörp
- Old High German: thorph, thorf, dorf; thorp (Central German)
  - Middle High German: dorf, dorp (northern Central German; receding)
    - Alemannic German: Dorf
    - Central Franconian: Dörp, Dorp, Dorf
    - German: Dorf
    - Luxembourgish: Duerf
    - Mòcheno: dorf
    - Vilamovian: diüf
    - Yiddish: דאָרף‎ (dorf)
- → Vulgar Latin: *tropus, *troppus
  - Medieval Latin: troppus (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: þorp
- Icelandic: þorp
- Faroese: torpur
- Norwegian Bokmål: torp
- Norwegian Nynorsk: torp
- Old Swedish: þorp
  - Swedish: torp
- Danish: torp
- Westrobothnian: tarp
- → Old Northern French: torp
Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀 (þaurp)