Where does “þurs” come from?

þurs (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þursaz, from Proto-Indo-European tur-.

þurs (Old Norse): a giant, ogre, monster; a dunce, numskull; the...

Definitions

  1. a giant, ogre, monster; a dunce, numskull; the...

Ancestry of “þurs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþursaz—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantur-—

Words derived from “þurs”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tur- →Every word from Proto-Germanic þursaz →
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