Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurpą

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 *trab-, *treb- (“room, dwelling, settlement”). Cognate with Latin trabs (“beam, rafter, roof, vessel”), Lithuanian trobà (“farmhouse”), Welsh tref (“town, home”), Albanian trevë (“country, region, village”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθur.pɑ̃/

Noun

*þurpą n

1. village, rural settlement
2. gathering of people, crowd
3. cleared land

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *þurpą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þurpą	*þurpō
vocative	*þurpą	*þurpō
accusative	*þurpą	*þurpō
genitive	*þurpas, *þurpis	*þurpǫ̂
dative	*þurpai	*þurpamaz
instrumental	*þurpō	*þurpamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *þorp
  • Old English: þorp, þrop
    • Middle English: thorp
      • English: thorp
  • Old Frisian: thorp, therp
    • North Frisian: torp, terp, Tarp
    • East Frisian: terp

      Saterland Frisian: Täärp

    • West Frisian: terp
      • → Dutch: terp
  • Old Saxon: thorp
    • Middle Low German: dorp
      • German Low German:
        • Low Prussian: Dörp, Dorp, Derp
        • Westphalian:
          • Münsterland: Duorp
          • Paderborn: Doärp
          • Sauerland: Duarp
      • Plautdietsch: Darp
      • → German: -trop
      • → West Frisian: doarp
  • Old Dutch: thorp
    • Middle Dutch: dorp
      • Dutch: dorp
        • Afrikaans: dorp
          • → Fanagalo: dorop
          • → Sotho: toropo
          • → Tswana: toropo
          • → Venda: ḓorobo
          • → Xhosa: idolophu
          • → Zulu: idolobha
        • Negerhollands: dorp
        • → English: dorp
        • → Papiamentu: dorp
        • → Sranan Tongo: dorpu
      • Limburgish: dörp
      • → Middle Scots: dorp, drop
        • Scots: dorp
  • Old High German: thorph, thorf, dorf; thorp (Central German)
    • Middle High German: dorf, dorp (northern Central German; receding)
      • Alemannic German: Dorf
      • Central Franconian: Dörp, Dorp, Dorf
      • German: Dorf
      • Luxembourgish: Duerf
      • Mòcheno: dorf
      • Vilamovian: diüf
      • Yiddish: דאָרף (dorf)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *tropus, *troppus
    • Medieval Latin: troppus (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: þorp
  • Icelandic: þorp
  • Faroese: torpur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: torp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: torp
  • Old Swedish: þorp
    • Swedish: torp
  • Danish: torp
  • → Old Northern French: torp
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀 (þaurp)