Where does “треба” come from?

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

треба (Ukrainian): rite, ceremony

Definitions

  1. rite, ceremony

Ancestry of “треба”, step by step

треба traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish trzeba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtrzebaexpresses the goodness of the following verb; it is needed, one ought to
2Old Polishtrzebait is needed
3Proto-Slavicterbaneed
4Proto-Germanicþerb-—

via Church Slavonic трѣба

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Church Slavonicтрѣба—

Words derived from “треба”

Every word from Proto-Germanic þerb- →Every word from Proto-Slavic terba →Every word from Old Polish trzeba →
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