Old English · noun
þreax
- Part of speech
- noun
- IPA
- /θræ͜ɑks/
- Syllables
- θræ͜ɑks (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- rottennessdecay
Meaning
-
rottenness; decay
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þraki, from Proto-Germanic *þrekkaz (“dirt”) (variant of *þrakjaz), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terǵ- (“manure, dung; to sully, decay”).
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