N. #trevad- v. “to traverse” (Category: to Walk)
A verb for “traverse” in The Etymologies of the 1930s appearing in its Noldorin-style infinitive form trevedi derived from ON. tre-batie under the root ᴹ√BAT “tread” (Ety/BAT). Its stem form would thus be *trebat-, a combination of N. tre- “through” and N. *bad- “tread”.
References ✧ Ety/BAT
Inflections
trevedi | infinitive | “traverse” | ✧ Ety/BAT |
trevant | past | ✧ Ety/BAT |
Elements
tre- | “through” | |
*bad- | “*to tread, travel” | ✧ Ety/BAT (#vedi) |
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