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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *þrawō (“suffering, longing”) + *-ōną.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
*þrawōną[1][2]
- to desire, long for
- to suffer, endure
- to threaten
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þrawō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 545-6: “*þrawōjan”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þrawōjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 425