Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þragilaz

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

• *þrahilaz, *þrēgilaz, *þrēhilaz, *þrigilaz, *þrihilaz

Etymology

From *þrēg-, *þrag- (“to run”), from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (“to pull, drag, race, run”) or Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ-, *tragʰ- (“to run”).

Noun

*þragilaz m

1. runner; gofer; servant

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *þragilaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*þragilaz	*þragilōz, *þragilōs
vocative	*þragil	*þragilōz, *þragilōs
accusative	*þragilą	*þragilanz
genitive	*þragilas, *þragilis	*þragilǫ̂
dative	*þragilai	*þragilamaz
instrumental	*þragilō	*þragilamiz

Descendants

• Old Saxon: thragil, *thregil
  • Middle Low German: dravel, drevel; drelle (< Old Norse?)
    • → Dutch: drel, trel (?)
• Old High German: dregil, drigil, trigil, trikil
• Old Norse: þræll
  • Icelandic: þræll m
  • Faroese: trælur m, trællur m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: træl m; (dialectal) trædl m, trel m
  • Old Swedish: þræl
    • Swedish: träl c or m
  • Old Danish: thræl
    • Danish: træl c
      • Norwegian Bokmål: trell m
  • Old Gutnish: þrel
  • → Irish: tráill
  • → Middle Low German: drelle
  • → Old English: þrǣl m
    • Middle English: thral, tharll, therll, thrall, thralle, threll, þral, þrall, þralle, þrel; ðral, þreal, þreall
      • English: thrall
      • Scots: thirl
  • → Scottish Gaelic: tràill