þrote

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈθro.te/

Noun

þrote f

  1. throat

Declension
Declension of þrote (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative þrote þrotan
accusative þrotan þrotan
genitive þrotan þrotena
dative þrotan þrotum

Synonyms
  • ceole

Descendants
  • Middle English: throte, throate, troht, thorte
    • English: throat
    • Yola: dhraat

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