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Where does “דאָרשטיק” come from?

דאָרשטיק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish דאָרשט, from Middle High German durst, from Old High German durst, from Proto-West Germanic þurstu, from Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

דאָרשטיק (Yiddish): thirsty

Definitions

  1. thirsty

Ancestry of “דאָרשטיק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדאָרשטthirst
2Middle High Germandurst—
3Old High Germandurst—
4Proto-West Germanicþurstuthirst
5Germanic*þurstuz—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →