tùr
Gaelic (Scots)
noun
Definitions
- tower
- (chess) rook
Etymology
Derived from Old French tor 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
- taurus Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- turris, turrem Latin
- turris, turrim Latin
- Turm German
- tour French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- torr Old English
- miontúr Irish
- túr Irish
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- torn Old High German
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- *tor Old Welsh