turn
Moldavian
/turn/
noun
Definitions
- tower
- (chess) rook
Etymology
Borrowed from German Turm (tower, spire, steeple) derived from Latin turrem (tower).
Origin
Latin
turrem
Gloss
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
- turrem 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
- τύρσις Ancient Greek
- *torn Old French
- torn Old High German
- turmo Ido
- turn Middle High German
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- turrë Albanian
- torre Old Portuguese
- *türmä Proto-Turkic
- turn Old Frisian
- torm Lower Sorbian
- torre Old Spanish
- tüm Volapük