Where does “atuirseach” come from?
atuirseach (Irish) comes from Irish atuirse, from Irish tuirse, from Middle Irish tuirse, from Old Irish toirse, from English torch, from French torcher, from French torche, from Old French torche — to turn, spin.
atuirseach (Irish): weary; dejected
Definitions
- weary; dejected
Ancestry of “atuirseach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | atuirse | weariness; dejection |
| 2 | Irish | tuirse | tiredness, weariness, fatigue; sorrowing; sorrow |
| 3 | Middle Irish | tuirse | — |
| 4 | Old Irish | toirse | sorrow, pain; act of sorrowing, complaining;... |
| 5 | English | torch | A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as... |
| 6 | French | torcher | to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt; to flare; to... |
| 7 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 8 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 10 | Latin | torquis | chaplet |
| 11 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |