Old English · noun
þurst
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /θurst/[θurˠst]
- Syllables
- θurst (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- thirst
Meaning
-
thirst
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati) and Latin terra. The alternative form þyrst has the vocalism of þyrstan.
Descendants
thirst
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