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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *torp-éh₂, from *terp- (“to satisfy; to need”).[1] The details of the semantic shift are uncertain. According to Kroonen, Germanic may have preserved an older sense “to use” which has not survived in the other branches.[2]
Noun
*þarbō f
- need
Inflection
ō-stemDeclension of *þarbō (ō-stem)
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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*þarbō
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*þarbôz
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vocative
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*þarbō
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*þarbôz
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accusative
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*þarbǭ
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*þarbōz
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genitive
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*þarbōz
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*þarbǫ̂
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dative
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*þarbōi
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*þarbōmaz
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instrumental
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*þarbō
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*þarbōmiz
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þarbō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*þurfan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 552