*þreskwaþluz

Runic: ᚦᚱᛖᛊᚲᚹᚨᚦᛚᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθres.kʷɑθ.luz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

threshold

Etymology

Derived from *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (‘to thresh’), whose original meaning must have been “to tread”. The second element is uncertain. One possibility is that it is a metathetic alteration of *walþuz. Alternatively, it may represent an instrument suffix *-þl- from PIE *-tl-.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	þreskwaþluz	þreskwaþliwiz
Acc.	þreskwaþlų	þreskwaþlunz
Gen.	þreskwaþlauz	þreskwaþliwǫ̂
Dat.	þreskwaþliwi	þreskwaþlumaz
Inst.	þreskwaþlū	þreskwaþlumiz
Voc.	þreskwaþlu	þreskwaþliwiz

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Descendants

þreskwaþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
- þersċweald, þyrsċweald, þrexwold, þersċold, þresċold (Old English)
  - threschwolde, þreschwald, þresshewold, þrexwolde, þresfold, throschfold, throsfold, þresshald, threswald (Middle English)
    - threshold (English)
þreskwaþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
- þersċweald, þyrsċweald, þrexwold, þersċold, þresċold (Old English)
  - threschwolde, þreschwald, þresshewold, þrexwolde, þresfold, throschfold, throsfold, þresshald, threswald (Middle English)
    - threschald (Middle Scots)
      - thraswald, thrashold, thrashol, thrashal, thrashel, threshal, threshwart, threshwort (Scots)
þreskwaþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
- driskufli, driscufli, driskubli (Old High German)
  - drischūvel, drischūfel, drischübel (Middle High German)
    - Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (German)
þreskwaþlu (Proto-West Germanic)
- *thriskūvli, *thriskilfi (Old Saxon)
  - dreskelef (Middle Low German)
    - Drüssel, Dörsel, Dössel (Low German)
þreskǫldr (Old Norse)
- þröskuldur (Icelandic)
- treskald (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þreskǫldr (Old Norse)
- tærskel (Danish)
  - terskel (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - terskel (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þreskǫldr (Old Norse)
- þriskuldi, þriskulde (Old Swedish)
  - tröskel, träskvald (Swedish)
þreskjǫldr (Old Norse)
- þröskuldur (Icelandic)
- treskald (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þreskjǫldr (Old Norse)
- tærskel (Danish)
  - terskel (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - terskel (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þreskjǫldr (Old Norse)
- þriskuldi, þriskulde (Old Swedish)
  - tröskel, träskvald (Swedish)
þrøskǫldr (Old Norse)
- þröskuldur (Icelandic)
- treskald (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þrøskǫldr (Old Norse)
- tærskel (Danish)
  - terskel (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - terskel (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þrøskǫldr (Old Norse)
- þriskuldi, þriskulde (Old Swedish)
  - tröskel, träskvald (Swedish)
þrepskǫldr (Old Norse)
- þröskuldur (Icelandic)
- treskald (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þrepskǫldr (Old Norse)
- tærskel (Danish)
  - terskel (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - terskel (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þrepskǫldr (Old Norse)
- þriskuldi, þriskulde (Old Swedish)
  - tröskel, träskvald (Swedish)

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