"tor-" meaning in Icelandic

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Prefix

Forms: tyr- [alternative]
Etymology: 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). Compare Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix), Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, prefix), and Old Irish do-. Etymology templates: {{inh|is|non|tor-||hard, difficult, wrong, bad|pos=prefix}} Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), {{inh|is|gem-pro|*tuz-||hard, difficult, wrong, bad}} Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), {{inh|is|ine-pro|*dus-||bad, ill, difficult}} Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”), {{cog|fo|tor-|pos=prefix}} Faroese tor- (prefix), {{cog|nn|tor-|pos=prefix}} Norwegian Nynorsk tor- (prefix), {{cog|sv|tor-|pos=prefix}} Swedish tor- (prefix), {{cog|ang|tor-|pos=prefix}} Old English tor- (prefix), {{cog|enm|tor}} Middle English tor, {{cog|en|tore||hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich}} English tore (“hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich”), {{cog|goh|zur-||mis-|pos=prefix}} Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), {{cog|got|𐍄𐌿𐌶-||hard, difficult|pos=prefix}} Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), {{cog|grc|δυσ-||bad, ill, difficult|pos=prefix}} Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix), {{cog|sa|दुस्-|pos=prefix}} Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, prefix), {{cog|sga|do-}} Old Irish do- Head templates: {{head|is|prefix}} tor-
  1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard Wikipedia link: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-tor--is-prefix-MuWIJlPR Categories (other): Icelandic entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: torfær, torfæra, torkennilegur, torlæsi, tormerki, tornæmi, tornæmistími, tornæmur, torsóttur, tortryggilegur, tortrygginn, tortryggja, tortryggni, torvelda, torveldur
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