Where does “treba” come from?

treba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic terba, from Proto-Germanic þerb-.

treba (Serbo-Croatian): girl, chick

Definitions

  1. girl, chick

Ancestry of “treba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicterbaneed
2Proto-Germanicþerb-
Every word from Proto-Germanic þerb-Every word from Proto-Slavic terba