Where does “витребенька” come from?

витребенька (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian треба, from Polish trzeba, from Old Polish trzeba, from Proto-Slavic terba, from Proto-Germanic þerb-.

витребенька (Ukrainian): caprice, whim, fancy

Definitions

  1. caprice, whim, fancy

Ancestry of “витребенька”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianтребаrite, ceremony
2Polishtrzebaexpresses the goodness of the following verb; it is needed, one ought to
3Old Polishtrzebait is needed
4Proto-Slavicterbaneed
5Proto-Germanicþerb-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic þerb- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terba →Every word from Old Polish trzeba →