tredan

Cornish

Etymology

Calque of Welsh trydan. By surface analysis, tre- (“affirmative prefix”) +‎ tan (“fire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛdən/

Noun

tredan m

1. electricity

Derived terms

• tredanegek (“electronic”)
• tredanek (“electric”)
• tredanel (“electrical”)
• tredaner, tredanores (“electrician”)
• tredanhe (“electrify”, verb)
• tredanladha (“electocute”, verb)
• tredanva (“power station”)

Mutation

Mutation of tredan

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
tredan	dredan	thredan	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Williams, Nicholas, ed. by Michael Everson, English-Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Sawsnek-Kernowek, 2nd edn (Redruth: Agan Tavas, 2006), p. 112
• Jackson, Ian, Gerlyver Kescows, 2nd edn on the Skeul An Tavas website
• Jackson, Ian, Gerlyver Kescows, 1st edn (Redruth: Agan Tavas, 2017), p. 150

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Verb

tredan

1. to tread

Inflection

infinitive	tredan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	tredo, tredon	trat
2nd person singular	tridis, tridist	trādi, trādis
3rd person singular	tridit	trat
1st person plural	tredon	trādun
2nd person plural	tredet	trādut
3rd person plural	tredont	trādun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	trede	trādi
2nd person singular	tredes, tredest	trādi, trādis
3rd person singular	trede	trādi
1st person plural	treden	trādin
2nd person plural	tredet	trādit
3rd person plural	treden	trādin
imperative	present
singular	tret, trit
plural	tredet
participle	present	past
	tredandi	tredan, gitredan

Conjugation of tredan (strong class 5)

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: trēden
  • Dutch: treden
    • Afrikaans: tree
  • Limburgish: traeje

Further reading

• “tredan”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtre.dɑn/

Verb

tredan

1. to tread
   • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 10, verse 19

     And nū ic sealde ēow ānweald tō tredenne ofer nǣddran. And snacan and ofer ǣlc fēondes mæġen. And nān þing ēow ne derað...

     And now I gave you power to tread over adders and snakes and over each fiends' force. And no thing harms you.

2. to step on, trample

Conjugation

infinitive	tredan	tredenne
indicative mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	trede	træd
second person singular	tritst	trǣde
third person singular	tritt, trit	træd
plural	tredaþ	trǣdon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
singular	trede	trǣde
plural	treden	trǣden
imperative
singular	tred
plural	tredaþ
participle	present	past
	tredende	(ġe)treden

Conjugation of tredan (strong class 5)

Derived terms

• betredan
• fortredan

Descendants

• Middle English: treden, trede, treedyn, treede, treeden, tradde
  • English: tread
  • Scots: trad, tred
  • Yola: trad

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tredan, from Proto-Germanic *trudaną.

Verb

tredan

1. to tread

Conjugation

infinitive	tredan
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	tridu	trad
2nd person singular	tridis	trādi
3rd person singular	tridid	trad
plural	tredad	trādun
subjunctive	present	past
1st person singular	trede	trādi
2nd person singular	tredes	trādis
3rd person singular	trede	trādi
plural	treden	trādin
imperative	present
singular	tred
plural	tredad
participle	present	past
	tridandi	gitredan, tredan

Conjugation of tredan (strong class 5)

Descendants

• Middle Low German: treden
  • Danish: træde
  • Low German: treden
  • Swedish: träda