Þórr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Runic

ᚦᚢᚱ (þur), ᚦᚮᚱ (þor) — nominative

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *Þunraz, whence also Old English Þunor (English thunder), Old Saxon Thunær, Old High German ᚹᛁᚷᛁᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱ (wigiþonar), Donar (German Donner). In most related languages the theonym (Thor) and the natural phenomenon (thunder) were identical, but in Old Norse the latter sense was lost outside of compounds like the ancestor of Swedish tordön (“the sound of thunder”).

Proper noun

Þórr m

(Gods, Norse mythology) Thor (god of thunder)

Descendants

Icelandic: Þór
Faroese: Tórur
Norwegian: Tor
Old Swedish: Þōr
- Swedish: Tor
Old Danish: Thor
- Danish: Tor (older spelling Thor)
→ Chinese: 索爾／索尔 (suǒ'ěr)
→ English: Thor
→ French: Thor
→ Japanese: トール
→ Korean: 토르 (toreu)
→ Russian: Тор (Tor)

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