Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*terh₁-
13 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-, 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.
- thresholdThe lowermost part of a doorway that one crosses to enter; a sill.
- thrashTo beat mercilessly.
- dermaThe inner layer of the skin.
- threshTo separate the grain from the straw or husks (chaff) by mechanical beating, with a flail or machinery, or by driving animals over them.
- truantShirking or wandering from business or duty; straying; hence, idle; loitering.
- threadbareOf cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.
- 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.
- detritivoreAn organism that feeds on detritus.
- terebrantOf an insect: that bores holes; specifically, of the suborder Terebrantia of thrips which bore using their ovipositors.
- terebratulaAny member of the genus Terebratula of brachiopods.
- terebratulidA brachiopod of the order Terebratulida, having a short pedicle and a calcareous loop supporting the tentacles.
- -tremeHaving a trema (hole or aperture) or tremata of the type, position or number specified by the prefix.