þrote

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þrutǭ (swell), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (to be strong, ready, stiff).[1] Cognate with Old High German drozza (German Drossel).

Pronunciation

Noun

þrote f

  1. throat

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative þrote þrotan
accusative þrotan þrotan
genitive þrotan þrotena
dative þrotan þrotum

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Drossel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891