Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/þurstu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurstuz.

Noun

*þurstu m

thirst

Inflection

u-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*þurstu
Genitive	*þorstau
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*þurstu	*þurstiwi
Accusative	*þurstu	*þurstū
Genitive	*þorstau	*þurstiwō
Dative	*þurstiwi	*þurstum
Instrumental	*þurstu	*þurstum

Derived terms

*þurstijan

Descendants

Old English: þurst, þyrst
- Middle English: þurst, thurst, thorst, thirst
  - English: thirst
  - Scots: thrist
Old Frisian: thorst
- Saterland Frisian: Toarst
- West Frisian: toarst
Old Saxon: thurst
- Middle Low German: dorst
  - German Low German: Dörst, Döst
  - Plautdietsch: Darscht
Old Dutch: thurst
- Middle Dutch: dorst
  - Dutch: dorst
    - Afrikaans: dors
    - Negerhollands: dorst, dos, durst
      - → Virgin Islands Creole: dos (archaic)
Old High German: thurst, durst
- Middle High German: durst
  - Central Franconian: Dursch
  - Cimbrian: duarst
  - East Central German: Durscht (Erzgebirgisch)
  - German: Durst
  - Luxembourgish: Duuscht
  - Yiddish: דאָרשט (dorsht)