Etymology · Proto-West Germanic
*þrāan
2 English words descend from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, most common first.
- throwTo hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
- dreidelA four-sided spinning top, inscribed with the four Hebrew letters נ (nun), ג (gimel), ה (hey), and ש (shin) (or פ (pey)) on each side, often used to play a traditional game during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.