English
threshing
Threshing comes from Middle English threschen ‘to thresh’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *þreskaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þreskaną‘to thresh’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þreskanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þrescan
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500threschen‘to thresh’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500threschyngeas thresshyng
- Englishtodaythreshing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þreskaną‘to thresh’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*þreskanreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150þrescan
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500threschen‘to thresh’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500threschyngeas thresshyng
- Englishtodaythreshing
Formed from thresh + -ing
Proto-Germanic *þreskaną ‘to thresh’
Old English þerscan ‘to thresh’
Middle English thrasshen
English thresh
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
turn, tournament, throw, tragic, thread, trout, detrimental, tyrone, detriment, detour, attrition, tourney, triage, trite, termite, tribulation, detritus, tourniquet, truant, tyro, derma, 43 more
through Proto-Germanic *þreskaną ‘to thresh’
Today it means
verb The process by which something is threshed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þreskaną / threshing