Where does “þyrre” come from?

þyrre (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þurʀī, from Proto-Germanic þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

þyrre (Old English): not wet; dry

Definitions

  1. not wet; dry

Ancestry of “þyrre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþurʀīdry, dried up
2Proto-Germanicþursuzdry, lacking water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þursuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic þurʀī →