Where does “þurfa” come from?

þurfa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þurbaną, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

þurfa (Old Norse): to need

Definitions

  1. to need

Ancestry of “þurfa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “þurfa”

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