Where does “toirse” come from?
toirse (Old Irish) comes from English torch, from French torcher, from French torche, from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
toirse (Old Irish): sorrow, pain; act of sorrowing, complaining;...
Definitions
- sorrow, pain; act of sorrowing, complaining;...
Ancestry of “toirse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | torch | A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as... |
| 2 | French | torcher | to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt; to flare; to... |
| 3 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 6 | Latin | torquis | chaplet; collar/necklace of twisted metal ,... |
| 7 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
Words derived from “toirse”