Where does “terren” come from?

terren (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terren (Romansch): land, soil

Definitions

  1. land, soil

Ancestry of “terren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinterranum
2Latinterrenumnominative neuter singular of terrēnus;...
3LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Latin TerraEvery word from Latin terrenum