þari

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse þari. Cognate with Faroese tari, Norwegian tare. Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθaːrɪ/
• Rhymes: -aːrɪ

Noun

þari m (genitive singular þara, nominative plural þarar)

1. kelp (seaweed of the order Laminariales)
2. a seabed covered with kelp

Derived terms

• þörungur (“alga”)

References

• “þari” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Old Norse

Etymology

Perhaps from a Proto-Germanic *þarhô, from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to twist”), related to Old Church Slavonic тракъ (trakŭ, “belt”), Old Prussian tarkue, Latin torqueō (“I twist, wind”), Sanskrit तर्कु (tarkú, “spindle”).

Noun

þari m

1. kelp, seaweed

Descendants

• Icelandic: þari
• Faroese: tari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tare; (dialectal) tarre
• Swedish: tare
• Danish: tare, tarre

References

• “þari” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)