Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tradō

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.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- (“to tread, walk, step, run”). Cognate with Sanskrit द्राति (drāti, “to run”) and Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running”). See also *trudaną (“to tread”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtrɑ.ðɔː/

Noun

*tradō f

way; track; spoor

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *tradō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*tradō	*tradôz
vocative	*tradō	*tradôz
accusative	*tradǭ	*tradōz
genitive	*tradōz	*tradǫ̂
dative	*tradōi	*tradōmaz
instrumental	*tradō	*tradōmiz

Synonyms

*trudą
*trudō

Related terms

*trudaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *tradu
- Old Saxon: trada
  - Middle Low German: trāde
    - Low German: Trade, Traad, Traai
    - → Middle English: trade
      - Scots: trade
      - English: trade
- Old Dutch: *trada
  - Middle Dutch: trāde, trā
    - Dutch: tra
- Old High German: trata
  - Middle High German: trat
    - German: Tratt
    - Luxembourgish: Tratt
    - → Slovene: trata
Old Norse: trǫð
- Icelandic: tröð
- Norwegian: trød, trå, tra
- Swedish: trad (dialectal)
- Old Danish: trad
→ Proto-Finnic: *rata
- Estonian: rada
- Finnish: rata

References

Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 408-9

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[1] Orel, Vladimir (2003) A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 408-9