Where does “þarf” come from?

þarf (Middle English) comes from Old English þearf, from Proto-Germanic þarf, from Proto-Germanic þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

þarf (Middle English): first/third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “þarf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþearfneed, hardship, privation; first/third-person...
2Proto-Germanicþarf—
3Proto-Germanicþurbanąto need, to require; to have to
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurbaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic þarf →