þarfna

Old Norse

verb

Definitions

to be needful, necessary
(reflexive) to lack, want, be without

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *terp- (satisfy, satiate).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terp-

Gloss

satisfy, satiate

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tarvita Finnish
τέρπω Ancient Greek
*terp- Proto-Indo-European
*trep- Proto-Indo-European
*tr̥p-tó-s Proto-Indo-European
*térp-ti-s, *tr̥p-téy-s Proto-Indo-European
*þarbō Proto-Germanic
*þarbōną Proto-Germanic
*þraibijaną Proto-Germanic
*þurbaną Proto-Germanic
*þurfaną Proto-Germanic
*þurftiz Proto-Germanic
तृप्ति Sanskrit
thrifty Middle English
þarfligr Old Norse
þarfnan Old Norse
þarfr Old Norse
þrift Old Norse
þurfa Old Norse
þurfast Old Norse
þurftugr Old Norse
þurftuligr Old Norse
þǫrf Old Norse
þǫrfgi Old Norse