thrashel

Scots

noun
Definitions
  • the stonen or wooden sill of a doorway

Etymology

Inherited from thraschell, thresschell, threschald inherited from Middle English threscholde, threschwolde inherited from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (doorsill, entryway) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskwaþluz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaną, *þreskaną (thresh) derived from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terh₁-

Gloss

rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb

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