tyr
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tyːr/, [tˢyɐ̯ˀ]
Etymology 1
From Old Danish thiur, from Old Norse þjórr (“bull”), from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros, *(s)téh₂wros (“bison, bull”).
Noun
Inflection
Etymology 2
See ty (til) (“turn (to), resort (to)”).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish tyr, from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.
Derived terms
- ta tyren ved hornene
- tyrefekting
- tyrenakke
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- tjor
Etymology
From Danish tyr, from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.
Noun
tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrar, definite plural tyrane)
Derived terms
- ta tyren ved horna
- tyrefekting
- tyrenakke
Related terms
Welsh
Alternative forms
- tor (literary)
- torriff (colloquial)
- torrith (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /tɨ̞r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tɪr/
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