The story
- Old English · derived fromtyrnan“to turn, cause to turn”
- Old English · inherited fromtyrnde
- Middle English · inherited fromturnet
- English todayturnt
From Middle English turnet, turnit, (variants to Middle English turnde, turned, etc.), from Old English tyrnde, ġetyrned, etc., past tenses of Old English tyrnan (“to turn, cause to turn”), equivalent to turn + -t.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishtyrnan all →
turning
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.