thrashel
English
Noun
thrashel (plural thrashels)
References
- “thrashel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Scots thraschell, thresschell, threschald, from Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”). Cognate with English threshold, Swedish tröskel, Norwegian terskel.
Further reading
- “thrashel”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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