Faroese

Prefix

tor-

1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Derived terms

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse tor- ‎(“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- ‎(“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- ‎(“bad, ill, difficult”), from Proto-Indo-European *dēwǝ- ‎(“to fail, be behind, be lacking”).

Cognate with Faroese tor- ‎(prefix), Norwegian Nynorsk tor- ‎(prefix) and Swedish dialect tor- ‎(prefix),^[1]Old English tor- ‎(prefix) and tō ‎(prefix)^[1] (whence Middle English tor, tore ‎(prefix), toor ‎(prefix), whence English tore ‎(“hard, difficult, wearisome, tedious; strong, sturdy, great, massive; full, rich”) and torfer), Old High German zur- ‎(“mis-”, prefix),^[1] and Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- ‎(tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix).^[1]

Confer Ancient Greek δυσ- ‎(dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix)^[1] and the English dys- ‎(prefix).

Alternative forms

• (archaic) tyr-^[1]

Prefix

tor-

1. with difficulty or hardship; difficult, hard

Derived terms

• torfenginn
• torfær
• torfæra
• torkennilegur
• torlæsi
• tormeltur
• tormerki
• tornæmistími (refractory period)
• tornæmur (feebleminded)
• tornæmi (feeblemindedness)
• torráðinn
• torskilinn
• torsóttur
• tortryggilegur
• tortrygginn
• tortryggja
• tortryggni
• torvelda
• torveldur

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. Page 785 of the Íslensk orðsifjabók ‎(“Book of Icelandic Etymology”). Publisher: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar á Íslandi ‎(“Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies”), first print 1989 (ISBN 978-9979-654-01-8)