Tuerm
Luxemburgeois
/ˈtuə̯m/
noun
Definitions
- tower
- (chess) rook, castle
Etymology
Derived from German Turm (tower, spire, steeple) inherited from Middle High German turn inherited from Old High German turn derived from Old French *torn derived from Latin turris (tower, rook, a tower) derived from Ancient Greek τύρρις.
Origin
Ancient Greek
τύρρις
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turrem Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- turris, turrem Latin
- turris, turrim Latin
- Aussichtsturm German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- Fallturm German
- Feuerturm German
- Fährturm German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirchturm German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulverturm German
- Sprungturm German
- Turm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachturm German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebelturm German
- torony Hungarian
- 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
- 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
- tårn Norwegian Bokmål
- torn Swedish
- tårn Norwegian Nynorsk
- torr Old English
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- torre Middle Dutch
- torn Old High German
- turn Old High German
- turmo Ido
- toring Afrikaans
- turm Middle High German
- turn Middle High German
- Liichttuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- liichten Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- Tuure Alemannic German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- torm Lower Sorbian
- tüm Volapük
- *tor Old Welsh