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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *þarbō (“need”) + *-āną.
Pronunciation
Verb
*þarbāną[1][2]
- to need, to want, to lack
Inflection
Descendants
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*þarbēnan ~ *þarfēnan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 416-417
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þarbēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534