Summary
The Norse source proposes Semitic ṯawr “bull” as a comparison for Old Norse Þórr, combining close sound shape with a shared bull, strength, thunder, and fertility complex. The cross-cutting sound file grades the Thor/taurus comparison “very probable” within the corpus rather than certain. (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md) (المصدر: raw/cross-cutting/sound-change-laws.md)
Attested Forms
The corpus compares the following forms as a sound-and-function series. (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md) (المصدر: raw/cross-cutting/sound-change-laws.md)
| Language | Form | Meaning | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proto-Semitic, as cited | *ṯawr- | bull | (المصدر: raw/cross-cutting/sound-change-laws.md) |
| Arabic | thawr / ثَوْر | bull | (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md) |
| Latin | taurus | bull | (المصدر: raw/cross-cutting/sound-change-laws.md) |
| Old Norse | Þórr | thunder figure | (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md) |
| Germanic | Donar | thunder figure | (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md) |
Sound Changes
The cross-cutting source gives ṯawr- → tauro- through ṯ → t, then notes Grimm's-law t → θ as matching the path toward Germanic Thor. It presents this as a regular-looking correspondence with a possible route, not as conclusive proof of direct borrowing. (المصدر: raw/cross-cutting/sound-change-laws.md)
Entities Using This Root
The main application is Thor, whose hammer, thunder, chariot, strength, and battles are compared with the bull symbolism of Baal and other storm figures. (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md)
Semantic Evolution
The proposed field moves from the bull as an image of strength and fertility to rising or eruptive motion, thunder, and finally the named storm protector; alternative readings from “to rise,” “to pour,” and the sound of thunder remain explicitly secondary. (المصدر: raw/norse/قراءة_سامية_للميثولوجيا_النوردية.md)