Where does “vuurtoren” come from?

vuurtoren (Dutch) comes from Dutch toren, from Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French Tur, from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

vuurtoren (Dutch): a lighthouse; a 250 guilder banknote; a redhead,...

Definitions

  1. a lighthouse; a 250 guilder banknote; a redhead,...

Ancestry of “vuurtoren”, step by step

vuurtoren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch toren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtorentower; rook; The fin or sail of a submarine
2Middle Dutchtorre
3Old Dutchturn
4Old FrenchTur
5LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
6Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
7Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion

via Dutch vuur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvuurfire; heater; a lighter
2Middle Dutchvuurfire; bonfire; passion
3Old Dutchfuïrfire
4Proto-West Germanicfuirfire
5Proto-Germanicfōrfire
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt

Words derived from “vuurtoren

Every word from Ancient Greek τύρσις