trøyste
Norwegian Nynorsk
verb-1
Definitions
- (transitive) to console
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse treysta (make safe, secure) derived from German Trost (consolation, comfort).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Trost
Gloss
consolation, comfort
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Augentrost German
- Trost German
- Trostpreis German
- trostlos German
- trösten German
- tröstlich German
- trøste Norwegian Bokmål
- *traustijaną Proto-Germanic
- *traustą Proto-Germanic
- traust Old Norse
- treysta Old Norse
- tristre Old French
- treysta Icelandic
- trōst Middle High German
- traist Westrobothnian