Where does “tor-” come from?

tor- (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic tuz-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.

tor- (Old Norse): hard, difficult, wrong, bad; hard, difficult

Definitions

  1. hard, difficult, wrong, bad; hard, difficult

Ancestry of “tor-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictuz-bad
2Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
3Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking

Words derived from “tor-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tuz- →