tor-

Etymology

From Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Icelandic tor- (prefix).

Prefix

tor-

1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Alternative forms

• tyr- (archaic)^[1]

Etymology

From Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”).

Cognate with Faroese tor- (prefix), Norwegian Nynorsk tor- (prefix) and dialectal Swedish tor- (prefix), Old English tor- (prefix) and tō- (prefix) (whence Middle English tor, tore (prefix), toor (prefix), whence English tore (“hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich”) and torfer), Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix).^[1]

Confer Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix),^[1] Sanskrit दुस्- (dus-, prefix), and Old Irish do-.

Prefix

tor-

1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

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