turf
Dutch (Brabantic)
/tʏrf/
noun
Definitions
- peat
- A tally mark representing five.
- (informal) A fat book, tome; a book containing many pages.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch torf inherited from Old Dutch *torf inherited from Proto-Germanic *turbz (lawn, turf) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ- (grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together), *derbʰ- (grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*derbʰ-
Gloss
grass, tuft, wind, weave, twist, tie together
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lilyturf English
- macroturf English
- returf English
- turf English
- turfdom English
- turfen English
- turfer English
- turfgrass English
- turfism English
- turfite English
- turfless English
- turflike English
- turfman English
- turfy English
- unturf English
- Torf German
- *derbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *derbʰ-, *dorbʰós Proto-Indo-European
- *dorbh- Proto-Indo-European
- *tirbijaną Proto-Germanic
- *turbz Proto-Germanic
- *turbōną Proto-Germanic
- *tyrfian Old English
- turf Old English
- turf Middle English
- torf Old Norse
- torf Middle Dutch
- *turb gmw-pro
- turvas Estonian
- *torf Old Dutch
- *turbeh Proto-Finnic
- turf Old Saxon