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Where does “thurstian” come from?

thurstian (Old Saxon) comes from Old Saxon thurst, from Proto-West Germanic þurstu, from Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

thurstian (Old Saxon): to thirst, to be thirsty

Definitions

  1. to thirst, to be thirsty

Ancestry of “thurstian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonthurstthirst
2Proto-West Germanicþurstuthirst
3Germanic*þurstuz—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
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