þurfa
Old Norse
verb
Definitions
- to need
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurbaną (need, require, must) 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
- *sem- Proto-Indo-European
- *terp- Proto-Indo-European
- *tetórpe 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
- *þarf Proto-Germanic
- *þraibijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurbaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurfaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurftiz Proto-Germanic
- turva Norwegian Nynorsk
- þurfan Old English
- तृप्ति Sanskrit
- thrifty Middle English
- thurven Middle English
- þarfligr Old Norse
- þarfna Old Norse
- þarfnan Old Norse
- þarfr Old Norse
- þora Old Norse
- þrift Old Norse
- þurfast Old Norse
- þurfsamr Old Norse
- þurftugr Old Norse
- þurftuligr Old Norse
- þǫrf Old Norse
- þǫrfgi Old Norse
- þurfa Icelandic
- durfan Old High German
- thurfan Old High German
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *þurban gmw-pro
- *thurvan Old Dutch
- durran Old Dutch
- thurvan Old Saxon
- þorva Old Swedish