tårn
Danish
/tɒːn/
noun
Definitions
- tower
- rook (chess)
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse turn derived from Middle Low German torn derived from Latin turris (tower, rook, a tower).
Origin
Latin
turris
Gloss
tower, rook, a tower
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
- bell tower English
- clocktower English
- megatower English
- moonlight tower English
- multitower English
- outtower English
- overtower English
- stairtower English
- supertower English
- tower English
- towerer English
- towerless English
- towerlike English
- towerman English
- towerscape English
- towery English
- watchtower English
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- Turm German
- tour French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- タワー Japanese
- torr Old English
- tour Middle English
- turn Old Norse
- elfenben Danish
- elfenbenstårn Danish
- fyr Danish
- fyrtårn Danish
- klokke Danish
- klokketårn Danish
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- tawer Cebuano
- tŵr Welsh
- torn Old High German
- tornis Latvian
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- 타워 Korean
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- taua Tok Pisin
- *tor Old Welsh