Where does “тур” come from?

тур (Chechen) comes from Old Armenian թուր, from Proto-Indo-European tōrh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

тур (Chechen): sword, sabre, shashka

Definitions

  1. sword, sabre, shashka

Ancestry of “тур”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianթուրsword; a kind of khaz; shuttle
2Proto-Indo-Europeantōrh₁-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tōrh₁- →Every word from Old Armenian թուր →
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