Where does “*tārpō” come from?
*tārpō (Proto-Samic) comes from Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᚱᛒᚢ, from Proto-Germanic þarbō, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.
Ancestry of “*tārpō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Norse | *ᚦᚨᚱᛒᚢ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | þarbō | need |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terp- | to satisfy |