Where does “thurst” come from?

thurst (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic þurstu, from Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

thurst (Old Dutch): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “thurst”, step by step

thurst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic þurstu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþurstuthirst
2Germanic*þurstuz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Proto-Germanic þurstuz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurstuzdryness, thirst

Words derived from “thurst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Germanic *þurstuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þurstu →