tårn
Norwegian
/toːɳ/
noun-n1
Definitions
- a tower
- a rook or castle (chess)
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek τύρρις derived from Latin turris (tower, rook, a tower) derived from Middle Low German torn derived from Old Norse turn.
Origin
Old Norse
turn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turriger Latin
- turris Latin
- turris, turrem Latin
- turris, turrim Latin
- Turm German
- tour French
- tour d'ivoire French
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- elfenbein Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenbeinstårn Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenben Norwegian Bokmål
- elfenbenstårn Norwegian Bokmål
- fyr Norwegian Bokmål
- fyrtårn Norwegian Bokmål
- klokke Norwegian Bokmål
- klokketårn Norwegian Bokmål
- kontroll Norwegian Bokmål
- kontrolltårn Norwegian Bokmål
- kran Norwegian Bokmål
- tårnkran Norwegian Bokmål
- vann Norwegian Bokmål
- vanntårn Norwegian Bokmål
- torn Swedish
- tårn Norwegian Nynorsk
- torr Old English
- turn Old Norse
- tårn Danish
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turn Icelandic
- torn Old High German
- tornis Latvian
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- *tor Old Welsh