Etymology Explorer
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Where does “torf” come from?
torf (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic turbz, from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- — tuft, grass.
Ancestry of “torf”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
turbz
turf, peat
2
Proto-Indo-European
dorbh-
tuft, grass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dorbh- →
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