Where does “torcda” come from?

torcda (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish torc, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torcda (Old Irish): boarlike

Definitions

  1. boarlike

Ancestry of “torcda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtorcboar; chieftain, hero; torque
2Latintorquischaplet
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →
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