Where does “trupul” come from?
trupul (Faroese) comes from English trouble, from Middle English trouble, from Old French troble, from Old French trobler, from Old French torbler, from Vulgar Latin turbulo, from Latin turbula, from Latin turba — to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir.
trupul (Faroese): troublesome, tough, difficult, problematic
Definitions
- troublesome, tough, difficult, problematic
Ancestry of “trupul”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | trouble | A distressing or dangerous situation; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | trouble | — |
| 3 | Old French | troble | turbulent; cloudy; clouded; strife; commotion |
| 4 | Old French | trobler | to trouble; to disrupt; to waylay |
| 5 | Old French | torbler | Alternative form of trobler |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | turbulo | I disrupt, unsettle, agitate, upset, trouble,... |
| 7 | Latin | turbula | disorderly group, a little crowd or people;... |
| 8 | Latin | turba | stir, disturbance, tumult, uproar, trouble; mob,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τύρβη | disorder, confusion, tumult; poetic rout, revelry |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |
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