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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
tomhas, measure, so Ir., O. Ir. tomus: *to-mus, where mus (*messu-) comes from root met, mê, measure; Lat. mêtior, mensus, Eng. measure; Gr. μέτρον, a measure. Allied is G. meas, q.v.
tomult, bulk; also tomad. Cf. somalta, large, bulky:
tòn, anus, Ir., E. Ir. tón, W. tin: *tuknâ, tûkno- (Welsh), root teuk, Ag. S. þeóh, Eng. thigh, Teut. *theuha- (Strachan, ATokes); from root tu, swell.
tonn, a wave, Ir., E. Ir. tond, O. Ir. tonn, W., Corn. ton, Br. tonn: *tunnâ, root tu, swell; Lit. tvanas, a flood, tvinti, swell; further Lat. tumeo, swell, Eng. thumb. Stokes gives the Celtic as *tundâ, Ag. S. þeótan, howl, Norse þjóta, whistle (as the wind, etc.). Some have correlated it with Lat. tundo, beat, root tund, tud, Skr. tud-, push.
†tonn, †toinnte, skin, Ir. tonn, hide, skin, E. Ir. tonn, skin, surface, W. tonn, cutis, Br. tonnenn, rind, surface, hair of the head: tunnâ, skin, hide, whence possibly Low Lat. (9th cent.) tunna, a cask, "wine-skin", now Eng. ton.
tonnag, a wonam's shawl or plaid; from Lat. tunica. Cf. M. Ir. tonach, tunic.
tora, augur, Ir. tarachair, E. Ir. tarathar, O.Cor. tarater, W. taradr, Br. tarazr, tarar: *taratro-; Gr. τέρετρον; Lat. terebra: root ter, through, as in thar.
toradh, produce, fruit, so Ir., O. Ir. torad: *to-rad, from *rato-, root rat, ra, give, as in rath, q.v.
toranach, grub-worm, Ir. torain, corn maggots (O'B.), torán (Con., etc.); from tor, bore, as in tora?
torc, a boar, Ir., O. Ir. torc, W. twrch, cor. torch, Br. tourc'h, O. Br. turch: *t-orko-s, from *orko-, in uircean, q.v.: I. E. porko-s, swine, Lat. porcus, Lit. parsza-s, Eng. farrow. Stokes gives Celtic as *torko-s, Jubainvill as *turco-s.
torc, a cleft, notch (Carm.):
torcan, species of bere, biforked corrot, Ir. turcan? (Carm.):
torchar, a fall, killing, torchuir (vb.), Ir. torchair, fell, O. Ir. torchar, I fell, doro-chair, cecidit, ara-chrinim, difficiscor, root ker, Skr. çar, break to pieces, çṛnā́mi, break; see crìon.
torghan, a purling sound; from tor of torrunn.
tòrr, a hill of conic form, heap, castle, Ir. tor, tower, castle, crest, E. Ir. tor, tuir, d. turid, a tower, W. twr, Cor. tur, Br. tour: *turi-, *turet-, I. E. root tver, hold, enclose, Lat. turris, Gr. τúρσις, tower. Some hold that the Celtic is borrowed from Lat. G. tòrr, with rr, is possibly for torth (cf. *turet-). It also means "crowd" in G. and E. Ir., and "heap" also in W.
