From Old Danish thiur, from Old Norse þjórr (“bull”), from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz. The West Germanic languages have a form with s-: English steer, Dutch stier and German Stier. These Germanic words seem to be related to Latin taurus (“bull”) and Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros, “bull”), which may go back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)táwros (*(s)téh₂wros). However, the vocalism of the Germanic words is problematic. Furthermore, the similarity with Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”) suggests that the word is a wanderword.
tyr c (singular definite tyren, plural indefinite tyre)
common gender |
singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | tyr | tyren | tyre | tyrene |
genitive | tyrs | tyrens | tyres | tyrenes |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
tyr
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
tyr
From Danish tyr, from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.
tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrer, definite plural tyrene)
From Danish tyr, from Old Norse þjórr, from Proto-Germanic *þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros, whence also Latin taurus, Ancient Greek ταῦρος (taûros), Old Irish tarb.
tyr m (definite singular tyren, indefinite plural tyrar, definite plural tyrane)
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