Where does “þorniġ” come from?

þorniġ (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic þornag, from Proto-West Germanic þorn, from Proto-Germanic þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥nós, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

þorniġ (Old English): thorny, full of thorns

Definitions

  1. thorny, full of thorns

Ancestry of “þorniġ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicþornagfull of thorns, thorny
2Proto-West Germanicþornthorn, briar
3Proto-Germanicþurnuzthorn, briar
4Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥nóssharp, stiff
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “þorniġ”

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