Where does “tourber” come from?

tourber (French) comes from French tourbe, from Middle French tourbe, from Old French tourbe, from Proto-West Germanic turb, from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.

tourber (French): To dig up peat

Definitions

  1. To dig up peat

Ancestry of “tourber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtourbepeat
2Middle Frenchtourbe—
3Old Frenchtourbe—
4Proto-West Germanicturbturf, peat
5Proto-Germanicturbzturf, peat
6Proto-Indo-Europeandorbh-tuft, grass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →Every word from Proto-Germanic turbz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic turb →