Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þarbō

This Proto-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-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

  1. need

Inflection

Declension of *þarbō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *þarbō *þarbôz
vocative *þarbō *þarbôz
accusative *þarbǭ *þarbōz
genitive *þarbōz *þarbǫ̂
dative *þarbōi *þarbōmaz
instrumental *þarbō *þarbōmiz

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þarbō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þurfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 552