þearf
Old English
noun
Definitions
- need, hardship, privation
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þarbō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þarbō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- thair English
- *terp- Proto-Indo-European
- tarv Norwegian Bokmål
- *þarbō Proto-Germanic
- *þarf Proto-Germanic
- *þurbaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurfaną Proto-Germanic
- tarv Swedish
- torv Norwegian Nynorsk
- torvmyr Norwegian Nynorsk
- fyren Old English
- fyrenþearf Old English
- sawelþearf Old English
- sāwel Old English
- tharf Middle English
- ther Middle English
- þarf Middle English
- þǫrf Old Norse
- tørvur Faroese
- 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 Gothic
- tharf Old Saxon
- therva Old Saxon