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Where does “thiur” come from?

thiur (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

Ancestry of “thiur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþjórrbull
2Proto-Germanicþeurazbull
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “thiur”

  • tyrefekting
  • tyr
  • tyrefekting
  • tyr
  • tyre
  • tyr
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