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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þrą

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
  • *-dlą (l-variant Verner alternant; also from PIE *-dʰlom)
  • *-drą (Verner alternant; also from PIE *-dʰrom)
  • *-tlą (following an unvoiced consonant)
  • *-þlą (l-variant)
  • *-þlō f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-trom.

Noun

*-þrą n

  1. Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument.

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *-þrą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *-þrą *-þrō
vocative *-þrą *-þrō
accusative *-þrą *-þrō
genitive *-þras, *-þris *-þrǫ̂
dative *-þrai *-þramaz
instrumental *-þrō *-þramiz

Derived terms
Proto-Germanic terms suffixed with *-þrą
  • *-istrą (possibly)

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *-þr
    • Old English: -þor
    • Old Frisian: -ther
    • Old Saxon: *thar
      • Middle Low German: -der
    • Old Dutch: *-thar, *-dar, *-der
    • Old High German: -dar
      • Middle High German: -der
  • Old Norse: -ðr
    • Icelandic: -ður
    • Old Swedish: -þer
  • Gothic: -𐌸𐍂 (-þr)
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