thorp

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔːp/ (General American) IPA(key): /θɔɹp/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)p === Noun === thorp (plural thorps) (archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. ==== Alternative forms ==== thorpe (obsolete) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Thorpe === Anagrams === -troph, Porth == Middle English == === Alternative forms === throp, þrop, þorp, throop, thrope, thorpt === Etymology === Inherited from Old English þorp. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θɔrp/, /θrɔp/, /θrɔːp/ === Noun === thorp (plural thorpes) A small village or settlement. ==== Descendants ==== English: thorp ==== References ==== “thorp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 12 September 2018. == Old Dutch == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þorp. === Noun === thorp n village ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Dutch: dorp Dutch: dorpAfrikaans: dorp→ Fanagalo: dorop→ Sotho: toropo→ Tswana: toropo→ Venda: ḓorobo→ Xhosa: idolophu→ Zulu: idolobhaNegerhollands: dorp→ English: dorp→ Papiamentu: dorp→ Sranan Tongo: dorpu Limburgish: dörp → Middle Scots: dorp, drop Scots: dorp ==== Further reading ==== “thorp”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012 == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þorp. === Noun === thorp n village ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: dorp German Low German: Low Prussian: Dörp, Dorp, Derp Westphalian: Münsterland: Duorp Paderborn: Doärp Sauerland: Duarp Plautdietsch: Darp → German: -trop → North Frisian: Dörp (Heligoland) → West Frisian: doarp