Where does “terghi” come from?

terghi (Cornish) comes from Old Swedish torgh, from Proto-Brythonic *torx, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

terghi (Cornish): to coil

Definitions

  1. to coil

Ancestry of “terghi”, step by step

terghi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish torgh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishtorgh—
2Proto-Brythonic*torx—
3Latintorquischaplet
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

via Cornish i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishithey
2Englisheyesplural of eye; Third-person singular simple...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanéythe; demonstrative pronoun; this one, he
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁e-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →