träl
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a thrall, a slave (forced labour)
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish þræl derived from Old Norse þræll (slave, serf, gofer, runner) derived from Proto-Germanic *þragilaz derived from Proto-Indo-European *trāgʰ- (run, pull, race, drag).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*trāgʰ-
Gloss
run, pull, race, drag
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *trāgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- trell Norwegian Bokmål
- *þragilaz Proto-Germanic
- *þrahilaz Proto-Germanic
- träldom Swedish
- træl Norwegian Nynorsk
- þræl Old English
- þrǣl Old English
- þrældómr Old Norse
- þræll Old Norse
- þræll Icelandic
- tràill Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- trælur Faroese
- drelle Middle Low German
- þræl Old Swedish
- thræl Old Danish