Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn (sharp pointed object).
A modified branch that is hard and sharp like a spike. · Any thorn-like structure on plants, such as the spine and the prickle. · Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn. · That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.
From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognates Near cognates include West Frisian toarn, Low German Doorn, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Danish and Norwegian torn, Swedish torn, törne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), Russian тёрн (tjorn), Polish cierń, Kamkata-viri taňi, tai (“thorn”), Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”).
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- Inherited-form mentionthornenm
- Inherited-form mentionþornang
- Inherited-form mention*þorngmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*þurnazgem-pro
- Inherited-form mention*tr̥nósine-pro
- Cognate mentiontoarnfy
- Cognate mentionDoornnds
- Cognate mentiondoornnl
- Cognate mentionDornde
- Cognate mentiontornsv
- Cognate mention𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃got
- Cognate mentionтрънъcu
- Cognate mentionтёрнru
- Cognate mentioncierńpl
- Cognate mentiontaňibsh
- Cognate mentionतृणsa · grass
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