þurft
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- need, want, necessity
- necessary discharge; esp. urine
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurftiz, nocat=1 (hunger, need) 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
- nocat=1 Proto-Germanic
- turft Norwegian Nynorsk
- तृप्ति Sanskrit
- thrifty Middle English
- gráðugr Old Norse
- þarfligr Old Norse
- þarfna 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
- nootdruft Middle Dutch
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍆𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- thurft Old Saxon