Where does “tursi” come from?

tursi (Guinea-Bissau Creole) comes from Portuguese torcer, from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

tursi (Guinea-Bissau Creole): to turn

Definitions

  1. to turn

Ancestry of “tursi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetorcerto twist; to wring; to hope for something to...
2Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torcere →