Torn

See also: torn and Törn

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German dorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós (“sharp, stiff”). Cognate with German Dorn, Dutch doorn, English thorn, Icelandic þyrnir, Swedish törne. Non-Germanic cognates include Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa, “grass, straw”), Old Church Slavonic трьнъ (trĭnŭ, “thorn”).

Noun

Torn m

(Urseren) thorn
(Urseren, figuratively) door hinge

References

Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 53.

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