þunor

See also: Thunor

Old English

Alternative forms

  • þunar, þunur

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þunraz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂-.

Cognate with Sanskrit स्तनति (stanati, “resound, reverberate, roar, thunder”), Ancient Greek στένω (sténō, “moan, groan, sigh”), Latin tonō, Old Church Slavonic стенати (stenati) (Russian стена́ть (stenátʹ)), Lithuanian steneti.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθunor/

Noun

þunor m

  1. thunder
  2. (Germanic mythology) An Old English god, equivalent to the Norse Thor, associated with the Roman Jupiter.

Declension

Descendants

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