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Old English
Alternative forms
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
þurst m
- thirst
Declension
Declension of þurst (strong a-stem)
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Descendants