英语词汇“Indo-European root: terkw-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: terkw-

释义

‌‌terk^w-
To twist.

Possible variant (metathesized) form *twerk‑.
1. queer, from Middle Low German dwer, oblique;
2. thwart, from Old Norse thverr, transverse. Both a and b from Germanic *thwerh‑, twisted, oblique.
Suffixed (causative) o-grade form *tork^w-eyo‑. torch, torment, torque¹, torque², torsade, torsion, tort, tortuous, torture, truss; contort, distort, extort, nasturtium, retort¹, torticollis, from Latin torquēre, to twist.

[Pokorny terk‑ 1077.]

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