tero.
to rub or triturate
Meaning & usage
to rub or triturate
to wear away or wear out, consume
to tread
to press with a mill
to pass, spend
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by twisting, twist, turn”). See also Scots thraw (“to twist, turn, throw”), Dutch draaien (“to turn”), Low German draien, dreien (“to turn (in a lathe)”), German drehen (“to turn”), Danish dreje (“to turn”), Swedish dreja (“to turn”), Albanian dredh (“to turn, twist, tremble”), Russian тереть (teretʹ, “to rub”).
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