Where does “tosse” come from?

tosse (Danish) comes from Old Norse þurs, from Proto-Germanic þursaz, from Proto-Indo-European tur-.

tosse (Danish): simpleton; fool, fool about, fool around

Definitions

  1. simpleton; fool, fool about, fool around

Ancestry of “tosse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþursa giant, ogre, monster; a dunce, numskull; the...
2Proto-Germanicþursaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantur-—

Words derived from “tosse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tur- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þursaz →Every word from Old Norse þurs →