English
Tyrol
Tyrol may come from Old English *tir ‘land’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*tir‘land’uncertain
- EnglishtodayTyrol
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*tir‘land’uncertain
- EnglishtodayTyrol
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’
test, territory, inter, toast, terrain, territorial, terrace, thirst, terrestrial, terra, torrent, terrier, torrid, fossa, fosse, terrine, terroir, 42 more
Today it means
name A state in western Austria. Capital: Innsbruck.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *tir / Tyrol