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Where does “thor” come from?

thor (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse þórr, from Proto-Germanic Þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ten- — to thunder, rustle, rumble, drone, groan; to...

Ancestry of “thor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old NorseþórrThor, thunder
2Proto-GermanicÞunraz—
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ten-to thunder, rustle, rumble, drone, groan; to...

Words derived from “thor”

  • torden
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