Where does “tekstur” come from?

tekstur (Faroese) comes from Latin textus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tekstur (Faroese): text; subtitles

Definitions

  1. text; subtitles

Ancestry of “tekstur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintextuswoven, having been woven; texture, structure;...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin textus →
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