Where does “thorn” come from?

thorn (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥nós, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

thorn (Old Dutch): thorn, spine of a plant

Definitions

  1. thorn, spine of a plant

Ancestry of “thorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurnuzthorn, briar
2Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥nóssharp, stiff
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “thorn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tr̥nós →Every word from Proto-Germanic þurnuz →