Where does “tori” come from?

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

tori (Finnish): market, market square; town square; forum

Definitions

  1. market, market square; town square; forum

Ancestry of “tori”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tori”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →