þrote

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *þrutǭ (“swell”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“to be strong, ready, stiff”).[1] Cognate with Old High German drozza (German Drossel).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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þrote f

  1. throat

Declension

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Declension of þrote (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þrote þrotan
accusative þrotan þrotan
genitive þrotan þrotena
dative þrotan þrotum

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: throte, throate, troht, thorte
    • English: throat
    • Yola: dhraat

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Drossel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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