Where does “torveldur” come from?

torveldur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse torveldr, from Old Norse tor-, from Proto-Germanic tuz-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.

torveldur (Icelandic): difficult, hard

Definitions

  1. difficult, hard

Ancestry of “torveldur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetorveldrhard, difficult
2Old Norsetor-hard, difficult, wrong, bad; hard, difficult
3Proto-Germanictuz-bad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
5Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus- →Every word from Old Norse tor- →