þurst

== Middle English == === Noun === þurst (AB language; Early Middle English, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire) alternative form of thirst == Old English == === Alternative forms === þyrst === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛṣyati) and Latin terra. The alternative form þyrst has the vocalism of þyrstan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /θurst/, [θurˠst] === Noun === þurst m thirst ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== þurstiġ ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: thirst (modified after Old English þyrstan)English: thirstMiddle Scots: thristScots: thristShetland: trist