tor-
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Icelandic tor- (prefix).
Prefix edit
tor-
- with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”).
Cognate with Faroese tor- (prefix), Norwegian Nynorsk tor- (prefix) and dialectal Swedish tor- (prefix), Old English tor- (prefix) and tō- (prefix) (whence Middle English tor, tore (prefix), toor (prefix), whence English tore (“hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich”) and torfer), Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix).[1]
Compare Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix),[1] Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, prefix), and Old Irish do-.
Prefix edit
tor-
- with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Icelandic Etymological Dictionary. Publisher: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, first edition 1989 →ISBN