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.
Ancestry of “durst”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | durst | — |
| 2 | Old High German | durst | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | þurstu | thirst |
| 4 | Germanic | *þurstuz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |