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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrumą

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

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

Noun

*þrumą n

  1. 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
  • *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
  • 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 Norse: þrǫmr (edge, border, brim)
    • Norwegian: tröm, trumm, tram
    • Swedish: tröm, trumm, trom (trunk, block of wood)

References

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