Where does “trzeba” come from?
trzeba (Polish) comes from Old Polish trzeba, from Proto-Slavic terba, from Proto-Germanic þerb-.
Ancestry of “trzeba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | trzeba | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | terba | need |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | þerb- | — |