Where does “torr” come from?

torr (Swedish) comes from Old Norse þurr, from Proto-Germanic þursuz, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

torr (Swedish): dry; boring and unexciting; torr; a unit of...

Definitions

  1. dry; boring and unexciting; torr; a unit of...

Ancestry of “torr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseþurrdry
2Proto-Germanicþursuzdry, lacking water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “torr

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-