Etymology

Thurso

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Today it means: A town in northern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland. Full definition →

Old Norse Þórsá ← Latin Tarvodubron ← Proto-Celtic *tarwos
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The story

  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*tarwos“bull”
  2. Latin · derived fromTarvodubron
  3. Old Norse · derived fromÞórsá“Thor's River”
  4. English todayThurso

From Old Norse Þórsá (“Thor's River”). The Norse is likely an adaptation of the Latin Tarvodubron from a Proto-Brythonic reflex of Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”) + *dubros (“water”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*tarwos all →

Tarvos

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