tornis
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- tower tall, cylindrical or similarly shaped structure in a building
- tank, silo large vertical building used to store grain
- (chess) rook chess piece shaped like a castle tower
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German torn.
Origin
Middle Low German
torn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turrem Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- Aussichtsturm German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- Fallturm German
- Feuerturm German
- Fährturm German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirchturm German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulverturm German
- Sprungturm German
- Turm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachturm German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebelturm German
- torony Hungarian
- tour French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- torr Old English
- turn Old Norse
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- torn Old High German
- turmo Ido
- turn Middle High German
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- torm Lower Sorbian
- tüm Volapük
- *tor Old Welsh