| 释义 | | terkw- To twist.
 [Pokorny terk‑ 1077.]Possible variant (metathesized) form *twerk‑. queer, from Middle Low German dwer, oblique;thwart, from Old Norse thverr, transverse. Both a and b from Germanic *thwerh‑, twisted, oblique.
Suffixed (causative) o-grade form *torkw-eyo‑.  torch, torment, torque1, torque2, torsade, torsion, tort, tortuous, torture, truss; contort, distort, extort, nasturtium, retort1, torticollis, from Latin torquēre, to twist.
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