toring
Afrikaans
/ˈtʊə̯.rəŋ/
noun
Definitions
- tower
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish toren (tower) inherited from Middle Dutch torre inherited from Old Dutch turn derived from Old French tur (circuit, ring) derived from Latin turris (tower, rook, a tower).
Origin
Latin
turris
Gloss
tower, rook, a tower
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
楼, 塔
Emoji
🗼
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- Turm German
- Eiffeltoren Dutch, Flemish
- belegeringstoren Dutch, Flemish
- boortoren Dutch, Flemish
- geschutstoren Dutch, Flemish
- kasteeltoren Dutch, Flemish
- kerktoren Dutch, Flemish
- klokkentoren Dutch, Flemish
- koeltoren Dutch, Flemish
- lichttoren Dutch, Flemish
- panoramatoren Dutch, Flemish
- schaaktoren Dutch, Flemish
- schachttoren Dutch, Flemish
- tor Dutch, Flemish
- toren Dutch, Flemish
- torenflat Dutch, Flemish
- torenfort Dutch, Flemish
- torenhoog Dutch, Flemish
- torenspits Dutch, Flemish
- torenwacht Dutch, Flemish
- uitkijktoren Dutch, Flemish
- vieringtoren Dutch, Flemish
- vuurtoren Dutch, Flemish
- wachttoren Dutch, Flemish
- watertoren Dutch, Flemish
- woontoren Dutch, Flemish
- tour French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- torn Swedish
- torr Old English
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- torre Middle Dutch
- torn Old High German
- lig Afrikaans
- ligtoring Afrikaans
- vuur Afrikaans
- vuurtoring Afrikaans
- wag Afrikaans
- wagtoring Afrikaans
- turn Old Dutch
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- turette xno
- torre West Flemish
- *tor Old Welsh