tjur
Swedish
/ɕʉːr/
noun
Definitions
- bull the uncastrated adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen
- bull the adult male of certain large mammals, such as whales, elephants and seals
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish þiur, þiūr inherited from Old Norse þjórr (bull) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz (bull) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros, *(s)téh₂wros (bison, bull).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)táwros, *(s)téh₂wros
Gloss
bison, bull
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- teuras Finnish
- *(s)táwros Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)táwros, *(s)téh₂wros Proto-Indo-European
- *táwros Proto-Indo-European
- *þeuraz Proto-Germanic
- fäktning Swedish
- tjurfäktning Swedish
- þjórr Old Norse
- tyr Danish
- tjórur Faroese
- þiur Old Swedish
- þiur, þiūr Old Swedish
- thiur Old Danish