þurka

== Old Norse == === Etymology === Related to þurr, probably through Proto-Germanic *þursakōną from *þursuz (“dry”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”). === Noun === þurka f (genitive þurku) drought, dryness towel Synonym: þerra ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== þurkusamr (“dry”) ==== Descendants ==== === Verb === þurka to dry, make dry Synonym: þerra ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== þurkan f (“drying”) ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “þurka”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 520; also available at the Internet Archive “þurka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.