torr
Swedish
adj
Definitions
- dry
- boring and unexciting
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse þurr (dry) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þursuz (dry) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *térsus.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*térsus
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *térs‑u‑s, *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *térsus Proto-Indo-European
- tørr Norwegian Bokmål
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz, *þurzuz Proto-Germanic
- torka Swedish
- torkare Swedish
- turr Norwegian Nynorsk
- tørr Norwegian Nynorsk
- þurr Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- knastør Danish
- tør Danish
- tørre Danish
- tørstof Danish
- þurr Icelandic
- durri Old High German
- turrur Faroese
- dürre Middle High German
- dier Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍃𐌿𐍃 Gothic
- *þurʀī gmw-pro
- *thurri Old Dutch
- dórre Cimbrian
- dörre Cimbrian
- törr Westrobothnian
- thur Old Danish
- tørrer Scanian