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Where does β€œπŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒ±πŒ°β€ come from?

πŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒ±πŒ° (Gothic) comes from Proto-Germanic ΓΎarbō, from Proto-Indo-European terp- β€” to satisfy.

πŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒ±πŒ° (Gothic): need, want

Definitions

  1. need, want

Ancestry of β€œπŒΈπŒ°π‚πŒ±πŒ°β€, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþarbōneed
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- β†’