Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrastuz

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 *trosdos (“thrush (bird)”). See Proto-West Germanic *þroskā (“thrush”), *þrostlā (“thrush”). Related to Latin turdus (whence distantly Armenian տորդիկ (tordik)), Lithuanian strãzdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drdwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɑs.tuz/

Noun

*þrastuz m

1. thrush

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *þrastuz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrastuz	*þrastiwiz
vocative	*þrastu	*þrastiwiz
accusative	*þrastų	*þrastunz
genitive	*þrastauz	*þrastiwǫ̂
dative	*þrastiwi	*þrastumaz
instrumental	*þrastū	*þrastumiz

Descendants

• Old Norse: þrǫstr
  • Icelandic: þröstur
  • Faroese: trøstur
  • Norwegian: trost, trast
  • Swedish: trast
  • Danish: trost
• → Proto-Samic: *(t)rāstēs (see there for further descendants)