Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þorp

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurpą.

Noun

*þorp n

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

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þorp
Genitive	*þorpas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þorp	*þorpu
Accusative	*þorp	*þorpu
Genitive	*þorpas	*þorpō
Dative	*þorpē	*þorpum
Instrumental	*þorpu	*þorpum

Alternative forms

• *þerp

Descendants

• 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)