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
- hard, difficult, wrong, bad; hard, difficult
Ancestry of “tor-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | tuz- | bad |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | dus- | bad |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dēwǝ- | to fail, be behind, be lacking |
Words derived from “tor-”