English
thrust
Thrust comes from Middle English þrusten, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þrustijanąreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350þrysta
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500þrusten
- Englishearliest quotation 1671thrust
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*þrustijanąreconstructed
- Old Norsec. 800–1350þrysta
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500þrusten
- Englishearliest quotation 1671thrust
Earliest quotation: 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, […].: “Into a Dungeon thruſt, to work with Slaves?”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *trewd- ‘to push, to thrust’
threat, intrude, extrusion, protrude, protrusion, abstruse, 10 more
Today it means
noun An attack made by moving the sword parallel to its length and landing with the point.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *þrustijaną / thrust