Where does “thurfan” come from?
thurfan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.
Ancestry of “thurfan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | þurbaną | to need, to require; to have to |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | terp- | to satisfy |
Words derived from “thurfan”