Where does “durst” come from?

durst (German) comes from Middle High German durst, from Old High German durst, from Proto-West Germanic þurstu, from Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

durst (German): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “durst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germandurst
2Old High Germandurst
3Proto-West Germanicþurstuthirst
4Germanic*þurstuz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “durst

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-