Where does “tor-” come from?
tor- (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse tor-, from Proto-Germanic tuz-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.
tor- (Icelandic): with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard
Definitions
- with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard
Ancestry of “tor-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | tor- | hard, difficult, wrong, bad; hard, difficult |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | tuz- | bad |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dus- | bad |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dēwǝ- | to fail, be behind, be lacking |
Words derived from “tor-”