*þurstiz

Runic: ᚦᚢᚱᛊᛏᛁᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθurs.tiz/

noun · feminine · i-stem

Meanings

dryness, thirst (lack of/need for water)

From Proto-Indo-European *térstis (with the oblique stem generalized), from *ters- (‘dry’). Equivalent to *þersaną + *-þiz.

*þursti (Proto-West Germanic)
- thurst (Old Saxon)
*þursti (Proto-West Germanic)
- thurst (Old Dutch)
  - dorst (Middle Dutch)
    - dorst (Dutch)
*þursti (Proto-West Germanic)
- þurst, þyrst (Old English)
  - thirst (English)
*þursti (Proto-West Germanic)
- thorst (Old Frisian)
  - toarst (West Frisian)
*þursti (Proto-West Germanic)
- durst (Old High German)
  - Durst (German)
  - Duuscht (Luxembourgish)
þyrstr (Old Norse)
- tystur (Faroese)
- þyrstur (Icelandic)
- tørst (Norwegian Bokmål)
- tyrst, tørst (Norwegian Nynorsk)
þyrstr (Old Norse)
- thyrst, thørst (Old Danish)
  - tørst (Danish)
þyrstr (Old Norse)
- þyrster (Old Swedish)
  - törst (Swedish)