þari
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Norwegian tare. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
þari m (genitive singular þara, nominative plural þarar)
- kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales)
- a seabed covered with kelp
Declension edit
declension of þari
Derived terms edit
- þörungur (“alga”)
References edit
- “þari” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”), related to Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ, “belt”), Old Prussian tarkue, Latin torqueō (“I twist, wind”), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, “spindle”).
Noun edit
þari m
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: þari
- Faroese: tari
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tare; (dialectal) tarre
- Swedish: tare
- Danish: tare, tarre
References edit
- “þari” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)