Where does “toirsech” come from?
toirsech (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish toirse, from English torch, from French torcher, from French torche, from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō — to turn, spin.
toirsech (Old Irish): mournful, sorrowful
Definitions
- mournful, sorrowful
Ancestry of “toirsech”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | toirse | sorrow, pain; act of sorrowing, complaining;... |
| 2 | English | torch | A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as... |
| 3 | French | torcher | to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt; to flare; to... |
| 4 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 5 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 7 | Latin | torquis | chaplet |
| 8 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |