Where does “þearf” come from?

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

þearf (Old English): need, hardship, privation; first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. need, hardship, privation; first/third-person...

Ancestry of “þearf”, step by step

þearf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic þarf

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþarf—
2Proto-Germanicþurbanąto need, to require; to have to
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

via Proto-Germanic þurfaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurfaną—

Words derived from “þearf”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurbaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic þarf →