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træ.

tree

3 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/trɛːˀ/[ˈtsʰʁ̥ɛ̝ˀ][ˈtsʰʁ̥ɛ̝jˀ]

  1. tree

    neuter

  2. wood, timber

    neuter · uncountable

  3. tree

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse tré (“tree”), from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréu̯om, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Cognates From the same Proto-Germanic root: Swedish trä (“wood”), träd (“tree”), Norwegian tre (“tree”), Icelandic tré (“tree”), English tree, Scots tree (“wood, rod, stick”), North Frisian tre, trä (“tree”), Middle Dutch tree (“tree”), Gothic 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌿 (triu, “tree, wood, piece of wood”); From the same Proto-Indo-European root: Albanian dru (“tree, wood”), Welsh dâr (“oaks”), Ancient Greek δόρυ (dóru, “wood, spear”), Tocharian A or.

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