Þórr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === Runic ᚦᚢᚱ (þur), ᚦᚮᚱ (þor) — nominative === Etymology === From Proto-Norse *ᚦᛟᚾᚨᚱᚨᛉ (*þonaraʀ), 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”)). === Pronunciation === The Elfdalian descendant of þórsdagr (“Thursday”) shows that the vowel was nasal. === Proper noun === Þórr m (Norse mythology) Thor (god of thunder) c. 975, Þórbjǫrn dísarskáld, Poem about Þórr, verse 1 ==== Derived terms ==== þórsdagr (“Thursday”) ==== 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)