MacBain, Alexander Mackay, Eneas (1911), “ tor”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page tàrrįrom Middle High German tor, from Old High German tor, from Proto-Germanic *durą ( “ large door gate ” ).

Matasović, Ranko (2009), “ torrV-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 385.

Tor ( definite accusative toru, plural torlar)įrom Middle Breton torr, teur, from Old Breton tar, from Proto-Celtic *torr-V- ( “ belly ” ), of uncertain origin according to Matasovic, of non-Indo-European origin, but according to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ( “ to turn, rub ” ), cognate with Proto-Germanic *þarmaz ( “ guts, intestines ” ), Ancient Greek τάμισος ( támisos, “ rennet ” ). Cognate with Old Turkic ( tor, “ net ” ), Southern Altai тор ( tor, “ scum ” ). Tor ( third-person singular present indicative tore, past participle turate)Īzerbaijani Other scripts Cyrillic the probably cognate Germanic etymology of dor.Īromanian Alternative forms įrom Latin tornō.

Alternative form of tore ('hard, difficult strong rich').įrom Dutch tor, from Middle Dutch torre.

Tor ( comparative more tor, superlative most tor) It is not clear whether the Celtic forms were borrowed from Old English or vice versa.

Homophones: tore ( in accents with the horse-hoarse merger ), torr ( all accents ), tour ( in accents with the pour-poor merger ), taw ( in non-rhotic accents )įrom Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor ( “ a high rock, lofty hill, tower ” ), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor ( “ hill ” ) ultimately from Latin turris ( “ tower ” ), from Ancient Greek τύρρις ( túrrhis ), τύρσις ( túrsis, “ tower ” ), of non-Indo-European origin.Ĭognate with Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr, Welsh tŵr, Irish tor, French tor, and Romansch tor/ tur/ tuor the first four are from Proto-Celtic (from Latin turris), the last two directly from Latin turris (from Ancient Greek τύρρις ( túrrhis ) and τύρσις ( túrsis )).

Tor meaning hindi