Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrumą

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

Of uncertain origin. R. Meringer compares Ancient Greek τέρμα (térma, “end, boundary, goal”), Latin terminus (“boundary, term”), both from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (“boundary”)), which, if correct, invokes an older sense of "stone or piece (used to mark a boundary)".

Noun

*þrumą n

1. stump, trunk, block; butt, end

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þrumą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þrumą	*þrumō
vocative	*þrumą	*þrumō
accusative	*þrumą	*þrumō
genitive	*þrumas, *þrumis	*þrumǫ̂
dative	*þrumai	*þrumamaz
instrumental	*þrumō	*þrumamiz

Related terms

• *þrumǭ

Descendants

• Old English: *þrum (in tunge-þrum "sublinguae; a ligament of the tongue")
  • Middle English: throm
    • English: thrum (“end of the warp threads; a tuft or tassel”)
• Old Saxon: thrumi
• Middle Dutch: drom, drum
  • Dutch: drom, dreum
• Old High German: trum, drum; demil (“beam”)
  • Middle High German: trum, drum; treme, trempel (“supporting pillar”), trame, drame (“beam”)
    • German: Trumm (“large block, lump”), Trümmer (“debris”); Tremel (“trunk”)
• Old Norse: þrǫmr (“edge, border, brim”)
  • Norwegian: tröm, trumm, tram
  • Swedish: tröm, trumm, trom (“trunk, block of wood”)