English
threadlike
From thread + -like.
A compound of thread + -like
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘rub’
Proto-Indo-European *treh₁-tu-s
Proto-Germanic *þrēduz ‘thread’
Old English þrǣd
Middle English thred
English thread
Today it means
adj Having the form of a thread.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “threadlike”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / threadlike