trzeba

Polish

verb-defective

Definitions

Used to express necessity. To be necessary, to need, it is needed to.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *terba.

Origin

Proto-Slavic

*terba

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*þerb- Proto-Germanic
trzebucha Polish
trzebula Polish
*terba Proto-Slavic
potřeba Czech
třeba Czech
треба Ukrainian
treba Slovak
трѣба Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian