tjórur
Faroese
noun
Definitions
- (dated) a castrated bull, steer
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þjórr (bull) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz (bull) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (bull, wild bull).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*táwros
Gloss
bull, wild bull
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- taurolatry English
- taurylic acid English
- teuras Finnish
- taureus Latin
- taurifer Latin
- tauriformis Latin
- taurigenus Latin
- taurinus Latin
- taurulus Latin
- taurum, taurus Latin
- taurus Latin
- tauro Italian
- toro Italian
- taureau French
- tauromaquia Spanish, Castilian
- toreador Spanish, Castilian
- toro Spanish, Castilian
- Μινώταυρος Ancient Greek
- ταυρομαχία Ancient Greek
- ταυροφάγος Ancient Greek
- ταῦρος Ancient Greek
- *(s)táwros Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)táwros, *(s)téh₂wros Proto-Indo-European
- *táwros Proto-Indo-European
- *þeuraz Proto-Germanic
- tarbh Irish
- tarfr Old Norse
- þjórr Old Norse
- tyr Danish
- *turъ Proto-Slavic
- *tȗrъ Proto-Slavic
- tor Old French
- torel Old French
- toro Catalan, Valencian
- tauromaquia Galician
- taur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ταύρος Greek (modern)
- tarb Old Irish
- tarbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- neyt Faroese
- tarvur Faroese
- tjórneyt Faroese
- tarroo Manx
- touoré Norman
- touothé Norman
- tuore Norman
- touro Old Portuguese
- *torvi Proto-Finnic
- *tarwos Proto-Celtic
- tavru Aromanian
- taur Occitan
- þiur Old Swedish
- þiur, þiūr Old Swedish
- *tauros Proto-Italic
- taur Romansh
- toru Asturian
- taur Friulian
- *ṯawr- Proto-Semitic
- *taura Proto-Albanian
- *taurás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- thiur Old Danish
- *táuros Proto-Hellenic
- tauris Old Prussian
- taurom Lusitanian