Where does “teorb” come from?

teorb (Swedish) comes from French téorbe, from Italian tiorba, from Ottoman Turkish طوربه, from Persian توبره, from Middle Persian tōbrag — bag, sack.

teorb (Swedish): theorbo

Definitions

  1. theorbo

Ancestry of “teorb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtéorbe—
2Italiantiorbatheorbo
3Ottoman Turkishطوربهbag
4Persianتوبرهbag, sack
5Middle Persiantōbragbag, sack
Every word from Middle Persian tōbrag →Every word from Persian توبره →Every word from Ottoman Turkish طوربه →