töfrar
Icelandic
noun
Definitions
- magic, spell, enchantment
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse taufr (sorcery, charms) derived from Proto-Germanic *taubrą (magic, sorcery).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*taubrą
Gloss
magic, sorcery
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- tiver English
- Winterzauber German
- Zauber German
- Zauberei German
- Zauberer German
- Zauberkraft German
- Zaubermacht German
- Zauberpilz German
- Zauberspruch German
- zauberhaft German
- zauberisch German
- *taubrą Proto-Germanic
- Tau Norwegian Nynorsk
- tēafor Old English
- *tever Middle English
- taufr Old Norse
- taufrar Old Norse
- maður Icelandic
- töframaður Icelandic
- *tōver Old Dutch