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Torf

Pronunciation: /tɔʁf/

“Torf” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. peat

Etymology

From Middle Low German torf, from Old Saxon turf, *torf, from Proto-West Germanic *turb, from Proto-Germanic *turbz, from Proto-Indo-European *derbʰ-. The Proto-Germanic etymon was possibly inherited in Old High German as zurf (one attestation). More at turf.

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