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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

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “þurst”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þurst”

  • thirst
  • thirsteth
  • bloodthirst
  • thirstless
  • thirster
  • thirstest
  • thirstland
  • thirstful
  • bloodthirster
  • thurst
  • thirst
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →