treb-

treb-
Dwelling.
1. Zero-grade form *tr̥b-.
a. thorp, from Old English thorp, village, hamlet;
b. dorp, from Middle Dutch dorp, village. Both a and b from Germanic *thurp-.
2. trabeated, trabecula, trave; architrave, from Latin trabs, beam, timber.
 
[Pokorny trē̆b- 1090.]

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