Where does “torfyndr” come from?

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

torfyndr (Old Norse): hard to find

Definitions

  1. hard to find

Ancestry of “torfyndr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsetor-hard, difficult, wrong, bad; hard, difficult
2Proto-Germanictuz-bad
3Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus- →Every word from Old Norse tor- →