Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þrabōną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From *þrebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to scamper, trip, trample, tremble, step”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈθrɑ.βɔː.nɑ̃/

*þrabōną

1. to trot, trample
2. to press, drive, urge, compel
3. to quarrel, flite

The original paradigm consisted of two stem-variants, singular *þrapp- against non-singular *þrab-.

• *þraftuz

• Old English: þrafian
  • Middle English: thraven
    • English: thrave
• Old Frisian: thravia
  • Saterland Frisian: troawje, droawje
  • West Frisian: trowia, trouwia, drave
• Old Saxon: thrabōn, thravōn
  • Middle Low German: drāven, trāven
    • German Low German: draven
    • → Swedish: trava
      • ⇒ Swedish: travla
    • → Elfdalian: tråvå
• Old Dutch: *thravōn, *dravon
  • Middle Dutch: drāven
    • Dutch: draven, (dialectal) drabben
      • Afrikaans: draf
    • Limburgish: drave
• Old High German: *drabōn
  • Middle High German: draben, traben
    • German: traben