Where does “thirst” come from?
thirst (Middle English) comes from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic þurstu, from Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
Ancestry of “thirst”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | þurst | thirst |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | þurstu | thirst |
| 3 | Germanic | *þurstuz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
Words derived from “thirst”