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torn.

tower

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. tower

    neuter
  2. rook

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German tōrn, tōren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.

noun
  1. thorn

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn (English thorn). From Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

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