Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrūhs

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 *terh₃u- (“to rub, turn, drill, bore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθruːxs/

Noun

*þrūhs f

1. Hollowed-out wood, trough, dish

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *þrūhs (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrūhs	*þrūhiz
vocative	*þrūh	*þrūhiz
accusative	*þrūhų	*þrūhunz
genitive	*þrūhiz	*þrūhǫ̂
dative	*þrūhi	*þrūhumaz
instrumental	*þrūhē	*þrūhumiz

Descendants

• Old English: þrūh
  • Middle English: þrouȝ, thrugh, throgh
    • English: through
• Old Saxon: thrūh
  • Middle Low German: drû
• Old Dutch: thrūh, thrūch
• Old High German: drūh, druoh
  • Middle High German: drūch, drūhe, drū
    • German: Drauche
• Old Norse: þró
  • Icelandic: þró
• → Proto-Finnic: *ruuhi (see there for further descendants)