Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þurzijaną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From *þursuz (“dry”) + *-janą.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- (transitive) to parch, make dry
- (transitive) to make thirsty
- (impersonal, with accusative) to be thirsty
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *þurzijaną (weak class 1)
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *þurʀijan
- Old English: þyrran (only attested in the past participle þyrred)
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (þaursjan)
References edit
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þurstu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 554: “*þurzjan”
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*þursjanan~*þurzjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 430