Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “þungr” come from?

þungr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þunguz, from Proto-Indo-European téngʰus.

þungr (Old Norse): heavy

Definitions

  1. heavy

Ancestry of “þungr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþunguzheavy
2Proto-Indo-Europeanténgʰus—

Words derived from “þungr”

  • tungsten
  • tungstate
  • tungstic
  • phosphotungstic
  • phosphotungstate
  • silicotungstic
  • paratungstate
  • metatungstate
  • silicotungstate
  • ferrotungsten
  • tungstenic
  • tungstenite
  • tungstite
  • ditungsten
  • metatungstic acid
  • nontungsten
  • tungstatian
  • radiotungsten
  • polytungstic
  • tungstous
  • tungstenian
  • organotungsten
  • eka-tungsten
  • pyrotungstic
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