prod
English
/pɹɒd/, /pɹɑd/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To poke, to push, to touch.
- (transitive) To encourage, to prompt.
- (transitive) To prick with a goad.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brodden derived from Old Norse broddr (shaft, spike) derived from Proto-Germanic *bruzdaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bruzdaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nose English
- prodder English
- prodnose English
- *bʰrusdʰos Proto-Indo-European
- *bruzdaz Proto-Germanic
- *bruzdijaną Proto-Germanic
- brodd Norwegian Nynorsk
- brord Old English
- brad Middle English
- brodden Middle English
- broddr Old Norse
- brod Danish
- broddfura Icelandic
- broddkrækill Icelandic
- broddkúmen Icelandic
- broddmjólk Icelandic
- broddsúla Icelandic
- broddur Icelandic
- broddur Faroese