English
thresher
Thresher comes from Middle English threschen ‘to thresh’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þreskaną‘to thresh’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þrescan
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500threschen‘to thresh’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500thresshere
- Englishtodaythresher
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þreskaną‘to thresh’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þrescan
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500threschen‘to thresh’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500thresshere
- Englishtodaythresher
Formed from thresh + -er
Proto-Germanic *þreskaną ‘to thresh’
Old English þerscan ‘to thresh’
Middle English thrasshen
English thresh
The story
The shark's tail is thought to resemble the implement.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, tournament, throw, tragic, thread, trout, detrimental, tyrone, detriment, detour, attrition, tourney, triage, trite, tribulation, detritus, termite, tourniquet, truant, tyro, derma, 43 more
through Proto-Germanic *þreskaną ‘to thresh’
Today it means
noun Anything or anyone that threshes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þreskaną / thresher