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Where does “þyrnir” come from?

þyrnir (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥nós, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ter- — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

þyrnir (Old Norse): thorn

Definitions

  1. thorn

Ancestry of “þyrnir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurnuzthorn, briar
2Proto-Indo-Europeantr̥nóssharp, stiff
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ter-strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...

Words derived from “þyrnir”

  • tyrnimarja
  • tyrni
  • tjørn
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