English
Thunor
Thunor comes from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz ‘Thor’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Þunraz‘Thor’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Þunrreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Þunor
- Englishearliest quotation 1962Thunor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*Þunraz‘Thor’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*Þunrreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Þunor
- Englishearliest quotation 1962Thunor
Earliest quotation: 1962, John Godfrey, The Church in Anglo-Saxon England: “The attributes of the most important deities of our…”
The story
Revived from Old English Þunor.
Linked words
through Proto-West Germanic *Þunr
Today it means
name An Old English deity identified with Thor and associated with Jupiter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *Þunraz / Thunor