Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/þarbō
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
Inflection
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *þarbō | *þarbôz |
| vocative | *þarbō | *þarbôz |
| accusative | *þarbǭ | *þarbōz |
| genitive | *þarbōz | *þarbǫ̂ |
| dative | *þarbōi | *þarbōmaz |
| instrumental | *þarbō | *þarbōmiz |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *þarbu
- Proto-Norse: *ᚦᚨᚱᛒᚢ (*þarbu)
- Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐍂𐌱𐌰 (þarba)
- → Proto-Finnic: *tarbis (? < *þarbiz) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þarbō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 534
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þurfan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 552