Thorn
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- Þ, thorn (letter)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thorn inherited from Old English þorn (thorn) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (thorn, sloe) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tr̥nós
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Thornton English
- thorn English
- *tr̥nós Proto-Indo-European
- *þurnijaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurnuz Proto-Germanic
- þorn Old English
- þornig Old English
- hawthorn Middle English
- thorn Middle English
- thornbak Middle English
- thorne Middle English
- thornen Middle English
- thornetre Middle English
- thorny Middle English
- þorn Old Norse
- þyrnir Old Norse
- *tьrnъ Proto-Slavic
- dorn Old High German
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- thorn Old Dutch
- *tŕ̥nam Proto-Indo-Iranian
- thorn Old Saxon
- toarne Western Frisian
- *tarna urj-fpr-pro