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Where does “þurstu” come from?

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

þurstu (Proto-West Germanic): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “þurstu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanic*þurstuz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “þurstu”

  • thirst
  • thirsteth
  • bloodthirst
  • thirstless
  • thirster
  • thirstest
  • thirstland
  • thirstful
  • bloodthirster
  • Nachdurst
  • Durst
  • dorst
  • thirst
  • thurst
  • þurst
  • dorst
  • thurst
  • durst
  • durst
  • דאָרשט
  • דאָרשטיק
  • Duuscht
  • duuschtereg
  • thurstian
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