Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurstijaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *þurstuz (“thirst”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (impersonal, with accusative) to thirst, to be thirsty
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *þurstijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *þurstijan
- Old Norse: þyrsta
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þaurstjan)
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þurstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 553: “*þurstjan”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þurstjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430