Throw
Old English thrāwan ‘to twist, turn’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch draaien and German drehen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin terere ‘to rub’, Greek teirein ‘wear out’. throw (sense 1 of the verb), expressing propulsion and sudden action, dates from Middle English.
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From Middle English throwen, thrawen, from Old English þrāwan(“to turn, twist, curl, rack, torture, turn around”), from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną(“to twist, turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-(“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). Cognate with Scots thraw(“to twist, turn, throw”), West Frisian triuwe(“to push”), Dutch draaien(“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien(“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen(“to turn”), Danish dreje(“to turn”), Swedish dreja(“to turn”), Albanian dredh(“to turn, twist, tremble”), Bulgarian изтърва́вам(iztǎrvávam, “to drop”).
From Middle English throwe, alteration of thrawe, from Old English þrāwu(“labor pang, agony in childbirth or death”), akin to Old English þrēa(“affliction, pang”), þrōwan(“to suffer”). More at throe.
From Middle English, from Old English þrāh, þrāg(“space of time, period, while”). Of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽( þragjan, “to run”).
throw (plural throws)
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throw (v.)
"to project, propel," c. 1300, from Old English þrawan "to twist, turn, writhe, curl," (past tense þreow, past participle þrawen), from Proto-Germanic *threw- (source also of Old Saxon thraian, Middle Dutch dræyen, Dutch draaien, Old High German draen, German drehen "to turn, twist;" not found in Scandinavian or Gothic), from PIE root *tere- (1) "to rub, turn," with derivatives referring to twisting.
Not the usual Old English word for "to throw" (weorpan, related to warp (v.) was common in this sense). The sense evolution may be via the notion of whirling a missile before throwing it. The sense of "put by force" (as in throw in jail) is first recorded 1550s; that of "confuse, flabbergast" is from 1844; that of "lose deliberately" is from 1868. To throw a party was in U.S. college slang by 1916.
To throw the book at(someone) is 1932, from notion of judge sentencing a criminal from a law book full of possible punishments. To throw (one's) hat in the ring "issue a challenge," especially to announce one's candidacy, first recorded 1917. To throw up "vomit" is first recorded 1732. To throw (someone) off "confuse by a false scent" is from 1891.
throw (n.)
"act of throwing," 1520s, from throw (v.). Wrestling sense is attested by 1819.
