Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrakjaz

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *þrekkaz

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ-, *(s)terḱ-, *(s)treḱ- (“manure, dung; to sully, soil, decay”); see Latin stercus (“dung, manure”) for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɑk.jɑz/

Noun

*þrakjaz m

1. dirt

Inflection

masculine ja-stemDeclension of *þrakjaz (masculine ja-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrakjaz	*þrakjōz, *þrakjōs
vocative	*þraki	*þrakjōz, *þrakjōs
accusative	*þrakją	*þrakjanz
genitive	*þrakjas, *þrakis	*þrakjǫ̂
dative	*þrakjai	*þrakjamaz
instrumental	*þrakjō	*þrakjamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þraki
  • Old English: þreahs, þreax
  • Old Frisian: threkk
    • >? Saterland Frisian: Dräk (possibly borrowed from Low German)
    • (West Frisian: dridze ?)
  • Old Saxon: *threkk
    • Middle Low German: dreck
      • German Low German: Dreck
  • Old Dutch: *threc
    • Middle Dutch: drec
      • Dutch: drek
        • Afrikaans: drek
  • Old High German: threc (in compound mūsthrec)
    • Middle High German: drëc
      • Cimbrian: drèkh
      • German: Dreck
        • → Czech: drek
        • → Kashubian: drëk
        • → Serbo-Croatian: дре̏к (drȅk)
        • → Slovene: drȅk
      • Luxembourgish: Dreck
      • Yiddish: דרעק (drek)
        • → English: dreck, drek
        • → Russian: дрек (drɛk)
• Old Norse: þrekkr
  • Faroese: trekkur
  • Icelandic: þrekkur
  • Old Swedish: thrækker
    • Swedish: träck
  • Old Danish: træk
    • Danish: dræk