þrǫstr

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Proto-Slavic *drozdъ, Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā (whence Danish drossel), Lithuanian strãzdas, Latvian strazds, Old Prussian tresde, Latin turdus, Old Irish truit, English thrush.

Noun

þrǫstr m (genitive þrastar, dative þresti, plural þrestir)

  1. thrush

Declension

Descendants

  • Faroese: trøstur m
  • Icelandic: þröstur m
  • Norwegian Bokmål: trost m
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: trast m, trost m
  • Swedish: trast c