May theme: Cloth 👘
Teaser
throw,
dreidel,
tribade,
attrition,
thresh,
tour,
turn,
tournament,
thread,
detergent
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Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- to rub, turn
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Proto-Indo-European *terh₁ti
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Balto-Slavic
- Lithuanian trinti to rub
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Slavic *tèrti to rub
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East Slavic
- Russian тере́ть terétʹ to rub, to polish, to grind
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South Slavic
- Serbo-Croatian тр̏ти tȑti to rub, to scour, to scrub
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West Slavic
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Germanic *þrēanã to twist, to turn
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West Germanic
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Old English þrāwan to twist, to turn, to writhe
- English throw
- Scots thraw to twist, to turn
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Frankish *thrāien
- Dutch draaien to turn, to play a record or cd, to host a party
- Danish dreje to turn, to twist, to dial
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Old High German drāen to twist, to turn
- German drehen to turn, to roll, to veer, to record film
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Yiddish דרייען dreyen to turn
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Yiddish דרײדל dreydl top, dreidel
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek τρῑ́βω trī́bō I rub, I grind, I thresh, I wear away
- Greek τρίβω trívo I grate, I chafe, I rub
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Classical Greek τριβάς tribás lesbian
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Indo-Iranian
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Iranian *tarHenti to rub, wipe off
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Northern Iranian
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Sogdian ܕܣܦܪܛܪ dsprtr hand towel, handkerchief dast-par-tar, "hand-full-wipe"
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Persian لسپردرک laspardarak hand towel, handkerchief
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Yiddish לאַפּסערדאַק lapserdak A traditional Jewish black kaftan
- English lapserdak
- Russian лапсерда́к lapserdák lapserdak
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Western Iranian
- Persian ستردن setordan to wipe, to clean, to shave
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Italic
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Latin terere to rub, to wear away, to tread, to graze, to grind
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Latin tritus rubbed, worn away, ground
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Late Latin tritare to grind or crush; to beat the chaff from the wheat
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French trier to sort, pick out, calibrate
- Italian tritare chop, mince, dice, grind or crush
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Latin trīticum a kind of wheat
- English trite
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Latin trībulum
- Latin terebra
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Latin atterere to rub at, to wear away at
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Latin conterere
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Proto-Indo-European *treh₁sḱeti
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Germanic *þreskaną
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East Germanic
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Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 þriskan
- Portuguese triscar to touch lightly
- Spanish triscar to leap about, to stomp, to mix
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North Germanic
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Old Norse þreskja to thresh
- Danish tærske to thresh, to thrash
- Icelandic þreskja to thresh
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West Germanic
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Old English þrescan thresh, trample
- English thresh
- English thrash
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Old English þrescold threshold
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Old High German
- German dreschen to thresh, to thrash
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Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁mos bored hole
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Germanic *þarmaz intestine, gut
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North Germanic
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Old Norse þarmr intestine, gut
- Danish tarm intestine, bowels
- Icelandic þarmur intestine, gut
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West Germanic
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Old English þearm instestine, gut
- Scots thairm intestine used for haggis, gut used for a musical instrument
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Old High German darm
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Hellenic
- Classical Greek τόρμος tórmos peg, tenon
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Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek τόρνος tórnos a turned thing, a pair of compasses, a lathe, a circle
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Latin tornus lathe, potter's wheel
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Central Romance
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Western Romance
- French tour lathe, potter's wheel
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Spanish torno lathe, winch
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Latin tornāre to turn, to round off, to lathe
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Central Romance
- Dalmatian tornuar to return
- Italian tornare to return, to do again, to turn
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Eastern Romance
- Romanian a turna to pour, to shape, to fashion
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Insular Romance
- Sardinian torrare to return, to retreat, to give back
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Western Romance
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Old French torner
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French tourner to turn, to stir, to tour
- Spanish turnar to take turns, to alternate
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Middle English turnen
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Old French tourn
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French tour a turn, a circumference, a round (everyone taking a turn), a ride
- English tour
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French Tour de France
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Anglo-Norman tur
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Old English turnian to turn on a lathe, to turn
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Vulgar Latin *tornidiō
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Western Romance
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Old French tornoiier to turn, to participate in a tournament
- French tournoyer to swirl, to twirl, to wheel
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Old French tornei
- English tourney
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Old French tornoiement
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Proto-Indo-European *tréh₁tus
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Germanic *þrēduz twisted fiber, thread
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North Germanic
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Old Norse þráðr thread
- Danish tråd thread, wire, string, filament
- Icelandic þráður string, thread
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West Germanic
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Old English þrǣd thread
- English thread
- Scots threed thread
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Frankish *thrāt
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Old High German drāt
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Proto-Indo-European *treh₂ǵ-
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Proto-Indo-European *trh₂ǵti
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Old Armenian արածեմ aracem to graze, to pasture
- Armenian արածել aracel to graze, to pasture, to browse
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Hellenic
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Classical Greek τρώγω trṓgō chew, gnaw, eat
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Classical Greek τράγος trágos male goat, lechery
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Classical Greek τραγῳδία tragōidía epic play, tragedy
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Latin tragoedia tragedy theatrical meaning only
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Proto-Indo-European *treh₂ǵtis
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Old Armenian արաւտ arawt pasture, herbage, grass for grazing
- Armenian արոտ arot pasture, herbage, grass for grazing
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Proto-Indo-European *terh₂ǵ-
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Proto-Indo-European *terh₂ǵéyeti
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Italic
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Latin tergēre to rub, to wipe off, to clean, to polish, to harass
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Latin tersus clean, neat, pure, uncluttered, terse
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Latin dētergere to rub away
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Latin extergere to rub out
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Latin manutergere to rub by hand
- Latin manutergium
- Latin mantēle
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Collected English words
throw,
dreidel,
tribade,
lapserdak,
triage,
Triticum,
triticale,
quadrotriticale,
trite,
tribulation,
attrition,
contrite,
thresh,
thrash,
threshold,
tour,
Tour de France,
terret,
turn,
tourney,
tournament,
thread,
tragedy,
terse,
detergent
Footnotes