Origin Of Word Threshold. The scandinavian forms look like the english ones, but those of the low. The plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies.
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Web the standard modern german word for “threshold” is schwelle, a cognate of engl. Sill, as, among others, in windowsill. The first element probably is related to old. Þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold doorsill, point of entering, first element. The scandinavian forms look like the english ones, but those of the low. The plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies. The compound comes from two roots. Web threshold, first recorded in the year 1000, descends from an old english compound threscold, doorsill, point of entry. o.e.
The compound comes from two roots. Web the standard modern german word for “threshold” is schwelle, a cognate of engl. Þrescold, þærscwold, þerxold doorsill, point of entering, first element. The scandinavian forms look like the english ones, but those of the low. The compound comes from two roots. The plank, stone, or piece of timber that lies. Web threshold, first recorded in the year 1000, descends from an old english compound threscold, doorsill, point of entry. o.e. The first element probably is related to old. Sill, as, among others, in windowsill.
