*þurnaz

Runic: ᚦᚢᚱᚾᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈθur.nɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

thorn, briar

From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós (‘sharp, stiff; thorn’). Related to Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa) (tṛ́ṇa, ‘grass’), Proto-Slavic *tьrnъ (‘thorn’).

*þorn (Proto-West Germanic)
- thorn (Old Dutch)
  - dorn, dōorn, dōren (Middle Dutch)
    - doren, doorn (Dutch)
      - doring (Afrikaans)
      - dorn, doorn (Negerhollands)
*þorn (Proto-West Germanic)
- þorn, *ᚦᚩᚱᚾ (*þórn) (Old English)
  - thorn, thorne, thron, thurne, þorn, þorne, þron (Middle English)
    - thorn (English)
    - thorn, torn (Scots)
    - thoornes, thorns, thurns (Yola)
*þorn (Proto-West Germanic)
- thorn (Old Frisian)
  - Tuurn (North Frisian)
  - Touden, Tudden (Saterland Frisian)
  - toarne (West Frisian)
*þorn (Proto-West Germanic)
- dorn (Old High German)
  - dorn (Middle High German)
    - Torn (Alemannic German)
    - dòrn (Cimbrian)
    - Dorn (German)
    - Dorn (Hunsrik)
    - Dar (Luxembourgish)
    - דאָרן (dorn) (Yiddish)
*þorn (Proto-West Germanic)
- thorn (Old Saxon)
  - dōrn (Middle Low German)
    - Däörn, Doorn, Dorn, Durn (German Low German)
þorn (Old Norse)
- torn (Danish)
- torn (Faroese)
- þorn (Icelandic)
- torn (Norwegian)
þorn (Old Norse)
- þorn (Old Swedish)
  - torn (Swedish)