turnen
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- to turn
Etymology
Inherited from Old English turnian borrowed from Old French torner (turn) derived from Latin tornāre (turn in a lathe, round off, turn) derived from Ancient Greek τόρνος (turning lathe, carpenter's tool for drawing a circle, turning-lathe a tool used for making circles, a tool used for making circles) derived from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terh₁-
Gloss
rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ampere-turn English
- beturn English
- counterturn English
- deturn English
- downturn English
- gainturn English
- interturn English
- intraturn English
- inturn English
- midturn English
- misturn English
- multiturn English
- outturn English
- overturn English
- preturn English
- turn English
- turn out English
- turnability English
- turnable English
- turnabout English
- turnagain English
- turnback English
- turnboy English
- turnbroach English
- turnbuckle English
- turncloak English
- turncoat English
- turncock English
- turndown English
- turned English
- turner English
- turnery English
- turnest English
- turneth English
- turning English
- turnkey English
- turnoff English
- turnout English
- turnover English
- turnplate English
- turnround English
- turnscrew English
- turnshoe English
- turnsick English
- turnskin English
- turnspit English
- turnstile English
- turnstone English
- turnt English
- turntable English
- turntail English
- turntippet English
- turnwrest English
- turny English
- underturn English
- unturn English
- upturn English
- turn Finnish
- dētrītus Latin
- tarmes Latin
- tero Latin
- tersus Latin
- tornus Latin
- tornāre Latin
- tornāre, torno Latin
- tornāre, torno, tornō Latin
- tornāre, tornō Latin
- tornō Latin
- tribulum Latin
- trio Latin
- vorāre Latin
- Törn German
- tornare Italian
- tourner French
- tornar Spanish, Castilian
- διατρίβω Ancient Greek
- διατριβή Ancient Greek
- τέρετρον Ancient Greek
- τείρω Ancient Greek
- τράγαινα Ancient Greek
- τράγινος Ancient Greek
- τράγιον Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- τρίβανον Ancient Greek
- τρίβω Ancient Greek
- τραγοπώγων Ancient Greek
- τρώγω Ancient Greek
- τρώκτης Ancient Greek
- τρῆμα Ancient Greek
- τόρνος Ancient Greek
- ἀτειρής Ancient Greek
- Ἀτρυτώνη Ancient Greek
- ὠμοτριβής Ancient Greek
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *torh₂no- Proto-Indo-European
- *tórmos Proto-Indo-European
- *þreskaną Proto-Germanic
- *þreskwaną, *þreskaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrēaną Proto-Germanic
- *þrēduz Proto-Germanic
- ターン Japanese
- tørn Norwegian Nynorsk
- tørne Norwegian Nynorsk
- turnian Old English
- tornen Middle English
- withturnen Middle English
- *terti Proto-Slavic
- destorner Old French
- torner Old French
- trestorner Old French
- atârna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- turna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- taro Welsh
- touônner Norman
- tourner Middle French
- tornar Old Portuguese
- *tarankyos Proto-Celtic
- *tarrV- Proto-Celtic
- *torr-V- Proto-Celtic
- *térh₁-tro-m Proto-Celtic
- tornar Asturian
- tornâ Friulian
- tornar Old Occitan
- tornar Venetian
- tanim Tok Pisin
- tornuar Dalmatian
- tourner Walloon
- torrare Sardinian
- turnà Istriot