fyrtorr
Old English
noun
Definitions
- lighthouse
Etymology
Compound from Old English fȳr (fire) + Old English torr (tower, a high rock).
Origin
Old English
torr
Gloss
tower, a high rock
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
🗼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turris Latin
- toren Dutch, Flemish
- vuur Dutch, Flemish
- vuurtoren Dutch, Flemish
- vuurtorenwachter Dutch, Flemish
- *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- beacenfyr Old English
- bælfyr Old English
- fyren Old English
- fyres Old English
- fyrhus Old English
- fȳr Old English
- liegfyr Old English
- torr Old English
- fier Middle English
- tor Middle English
- vuurtoring Afrikaans
- *fuir gmw-pro
- *tor Old Welsh
- twrr Old Welsh