Where does “þyrlung” come from?

þyrlung (Old English) comes from Old English þyrlian, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.

þyrlung (Old English): piercing, perforation

Definitions

  1. piercing, perforation

Ancestry of “þyrlung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishþyrlianto pierce
2Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
3Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
4Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
5Proto-Italictermenos—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “þyrlung”

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