träd

Swedish

/trɛː(d)/

noun
Definitions
  • (botany) tree
  • tree; plant reminiscent of a tree in the sense above, but which is botanically strictly not a "tree".
  • (graph theory) tree
  • (computing theory) tree

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish træet, trǣet inherited from Old Norse tré (tree) inherited from Proto-Germanic *trewą (tree, wood) inherited from Proto-Indo-European tree, *dóru.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

tree, *dóru

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