An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/dorren

by Friedrich Kluge

dorren, vb., from the equiv. MidHG. dorren, OHG. dorrên, ‘to get dry, dry up’; comp. OSax. thorrôn, Goth. *þaurzan. A deriv. of þorz-, which appears in dürr; comp. Lat. torrere, ‘to dry’ (torret is exactly equiv. to OHG. dorrêt, Goth. *þaurzaiþ). Instead of the form *þaurzan, Goth. has gaþaursnan (OIc. þorna), ‘to get dry, dry up,’ which is differently derived (comp. Darre, dürr).