treden
Middle English
/ˈtrɛːdən/
verb
Definitions
- To place one's foot on something; to lay a step on something:
- To travel or go somewhere on foot; to journey.
- To walk or move atop or on a surface or thing.
- To ruin or devastate; to bring to destruction.
- To debase or humiliate; to bring someone low.
- To have sex; to copulate used of male birds
- (rare) To look for; to search or try to find.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English tredan (tread, step) inherited from *tredan inherited from Proto-Germanic *trudaną (tread).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trudaną
Gloss
tread
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betread English
- fortread English
- midtread English
- retread English
- totread English
- tread English
- treadable English
- treadboard English
- treader English
- treadest English
- treadeth English
- treading English
- treadle English
- treadless English
- treadmill English
- treadplate English
- treadwear English
- treadwheel English
- untread English
- *trudaną Proto-Germanic
- betredan Old English
- fortredan Old English
- tredan Old English
- trede Middle English
- tredynge Middle English
- troða Old Norse
- tretan Old High German
- *tredan gmw-pro
- tredan Old Dutch
- treden Middle Low German
- tredan Old Saxon