Where does “tursi” come from?

tursi (Cebuano) comes from Spanish torcer, from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

tursi (Cebuano): to wring or twist a person's neck or arm

Definitions

  1. to wring or twist a person's neck or arm

Ancestry of “tursi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtorcerto twist; to bend; to sprain
2Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torcere →