Where does “Tor” come from?
Tor (Swedish) comes from Old Norse þórr, from Proto-Germanic Þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ten- — to thunder, rustle, rumble, drone, groan; to...
Ancestry of “Tor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | þórr | Thor, thunder |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | Þunraz | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ten- | to thunder, rustle, rumble, drone, groan; to... |