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torque, torch, queer, intricate

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• Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- to turn

  • Proto-Indo-European *terkʷti

    • Anatolian

      • Hittite 𒋻𒆪𒉿𒀭𒍣 tarku-zi performs a round dance, dances in twisting manner
  • Proto-Indo-European *terkʷeti

    • Albanian tjerr I spin
    • Hellenic

      • Mycenaean Greek *to-ro-qe

        • Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀫𐀤𐀍𐀕𐀜 to-ro-qe-jo-me-no ?
        • Mycenaean Greek 𐀁𐀵𐀫𐀣𐀲 e-to-ro-qa-ta oar holder, twisted leather thong
        • Mycenaean Greek 𐀵𐀫𐀦 to-ro-qo rope-maker
  • Proto-Indo-European *torkʷéyeti causative

    • Italic *torkʷeō

      • Latin torqueō I twist, I spin, I torment

        • Sardinian tòrchere
        • Eastern Romance

          • Romanian a toarce to spin (yarn)
        • Western Romance

          • French tordre to twist, to wring, to bend
          • Italian torcere to twist, to wring, to bend
          • Spanish torcer to twist, to bend, to sprain
        • English torque
        • Latin tortus twisted, spun, tormented

          • Eastern Romance

            • Romanian tort thead (spun from hemp)
          • Western Romance

            • Old French tort injury, misdeed

              • English tort
              • French tort fault, error
            • Italian torto twisted, bent, crooked
            • Spanish tuerto tort, offense, one-eyed
          • Latin torta (panis) a kind of bread or pastry

            • Eastern Romance

              • Romanian turtă cake
            • Western Romance

              • French tourte meat pie
              • French tarte pie, tart

                • English tart
              • Italian torta pie, tart, cake

                • Spanish torta cake, pie, tart, sandwich on a roll

                  • English torta
                • German Torte a light cake with whipped eggs or cream

                  • English torte
          • Latin tortūra twisting, torture

            • Western Romance

              • French torture tortue

                • English torture
          • Latin torsiō wringing, cripping, colic

            • Western Romance

              • Spanish torzón enteritis
            • French torsion torsion, act of twisting

              • English torsion
            • Italian torsione torsion, gymnastics twist
            • Spanish torsión torsion, twisting
          • Medieval Latin tortia twisted roll of fiber, torch

            • Western Romance

              • French toche torch

                • English torch
        • Latin torculum wine or oil press

          • Western Romance

            • Italian torchio press, esp. olive oil press
            • French treuil winch, hoist
            • Spanish trullo prison
          • Albanian tork beam of an oil or wine press
  • Proto-Indo-European *térkʷos intensive adjective

    • Germanic *þwerhaz cross, adverse metathesized from *térkʷos to *tʷérkos

      • East Germanic

        • Gothic 𐌸𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍃 þwairhs angry
      • North Germanic

        • Old Norse þvert

          • Danish tvært contrary to
          • English thwart
      • West Germanic

        • Frankish *thwerh

          • Dutch dwars in a crosswise direction, slantwise, rebellious
        • Old High German dwerah

          • German quer crosswise, across

            • German queren to cross
        • Old Saxon thwerh contrary, bent, crooked

          • Middle Low German dwer/quer

            • Scots queer

              • English queer
  • Proto-Indo-European *terkʷús noun

    • Indo-Iranian

      • Indo-Aryan

        • Sanskrit तर्कु tarku spindle
    • Tocharian

      • Arshian tark earring
  • Proto-Indo-European *tŕ̥kʷos noun

    • Balto-Slavic

      • Slavic *tъ̑rkъ a run, a sprint

        • South Slavic

          • Old Church Slavonic тръкъ trŭkŭ
          • Serbo-Croatian тр̑к tȓk a run, the act of running
        • Slavic *tъrčiti to run, to sprint

          • Serbo-Croatian тр̀чати tr̀čati to run
  • Proto-Indo-European *trkʷeh₂? noun

    • Italic

      • Latin trīcae trifles, toys, hindrances, impediments

        • Western Romance

          • Old French

            • French tricher to cheat
            • English trick
        • Latin extrīcō I disentanle, I extricate, I free

          • Eastern Romance

            • Romanian a strica to spoil, to ruin
          • Western Romance

            • Italian strigare to unravel
          • English extricate
        • Latin intrīcō I entangle, I perplex, I embarass

          • Western Romance

            • Italian intricare to tangle, to complicate

              • French intrigue intrigue

                • English intrigue
          • Latin intrīcātus

            • English intricate
    • Tocharian

      • Kushean trik- mistake, error, go astray

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Collected English words

torque, tort, tart, torta, torte, torture, torsion, torch, thwart, queer, trick, extricate, intrigue, intricate