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