Where does “tord” come from?

tord (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *tord, from Proto-Germanic turdą, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

tord (Old English): a turd

Definitions

  1. a turd

Ancestry of “tord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*torddung, excrement
2Proto-Germanicturdąmanure; mud
3Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from “tord”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- →Every word from Proto-Germanic turdą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tord →
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