Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þreskwaþluz

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 forms

• *þreskūþluz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskudlaz

Etymology

Derived from *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh”). The second element is uncertain. One possibility is that it is a metathetic alteration of *walþuz. Alternatively, it may represent an instrument suffix *-þl- from PIE *-tl-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθres.kʷɑθ.luz/

Noun

*þreskwaþluz m

1. threshold

Declension

u-stemDeclension of *þreskwaþluz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þreskwaþluz	*þreskwaþliwiz
vocative	*þreskwaþlu	*þreskwaþliwiz
accusative	*þreskwaþlų	*þreskwaþlunz
genitive	*þreskwaþlauz	*þreskwaþliwǫ̂
dative	*þreskwaþliwi	*þreskwaþlumaz
instrumental	*þreskwaþlū	*þreskwaþlumiz

Descendants

• Old English: þersċweald, þyrsċweald, þrexwold, þersċold, þresċold
  • Middle English: threschwolde, þreschwald, þresshewold, þrexwolde, þresfold, throschfold, throsfold, þresshald, threswald
    • English: threshold
    • Middle Scots: threschald
      • Scots: thraswald, thrashold, thrashol, thrashal, thrashel, threshal, threshwart, threshwort
• Old Saxon: *thriskūvli, *thriskilfi
  • Middle Low German: dreskelef
    • Low German: Drüssel, Dörsel, Dössel
• Old High German: driskufli, driscufli, driskubli
  • Middle High German: drischūvel, drischūfel, drischübel
    • German: Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (dialectal)
• Old Norse: þreskǫldr, þreskjǫldr, þrøskǫldr, þrepskǫldr
  • Icelandic: þröskuldur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: treskald
  • Old Swedish: þriskuldi, þriskulde
    • Swedish: tröskel, träskvald (dialectal)
  • Danish: tærskel
    • Norwegian Bokmål: terskel
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: terskel