The story
- Middle High German · derived fromturren“to dare”
- German · borrowed fromDöring
- English todayDoering
Borrowed from German Döring, from either: * A habitational name for someone from Thuringia, itself named for the Thuringi, a Germanic tribe. * A personal name based on a cognate of Middle High German turren (“to dare”).
Words from the same roots
GermanDöring all →
Doring
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.