English
threaden
Threaden comes from Middle English threden.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500threden
- Englishearliest quotation 1609threaden
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500threden
- Englishearliest quotation 1609threaden
Earliest quotation: 1609, William Shakespeare, A Louers Complaint: “threaden fillet”.
Formed from thread + -en
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘rub’
Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s
Proto-Germanic *þrēduz ‘thread’
Old English þrǣd
Middle English thred
English thread
Every English word from Middle English threden
Today it means
adj Made of or woven from thread.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English threden / threaden