English
Thurso
Thurso comes from Old Norse Þórsá ‘Thor's River’.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Þórsá‘Thor's River’
- EnglishtodayThurso
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Þórsá‘Thor's River’
- EnglishtodayThurso
The story
The Norse is likely an adaptation of the Latin Tarvodubron from a Proto-Brythonic reflex of Proto-Celtic *tarwos (‘bull’) + *dubros (‘water’).
Every English word from Old Norse Þórsá
Today it means
name A town in northern Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Þórsá / Thurso