Etymology

thrust

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Today it means: An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point. Full definition →

Middle English þrusten ← Old Norse þrysta ← Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*trewd-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*þrustijaną
  3. Old Norse · derived fromþrysta
  4. Middle English · inherited fromþrusten
  5. English todaythrust

From Middle English þrusten, from Old Norse þrysta, from Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *trewd-.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*trewd- all →

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