tornen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to unpick; to loosen a stitch
  2. (figuratively,intransitive) to impinge on something.

Concepts

meddle

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ternen, from earlier trennen by liquid metathesis (compare Kerstmis (“Christmas”) and vorst (“frost”)), from Old Dutch *trennen, from Proto-West Germanic *trannijan, from Proto-Germanic *trannijaną.

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