Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þorp

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurpą.

Noun

*þorp n

village, rural settlement
gathering of people
cleared land

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þorp
Genitive	*þorpas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þorp	*þorpu
Accusative	*þorp	*þorpu
Genitive	*þorpas	*þorpō
Dative	*þorpē	*þorpum
Instrumental	*þorpu	*þorpum

Alternative forms

*þerp

Descendants

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
      - → Xhosa: idolophu
    - → English: 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)