> There are a lot of European toponymic with Tur-/Tor-, but it doesnt
mean necessarily that all are connected. It reminded the theories
that linked all places with Kar-: Karnak, Halikarnassos, Karia, Karu,
Kari, Karnum, etc, in an attempt to explain Tupian word kari "white
man" (cf. Carioca < *Cari-oca "white man's house").
>
That's the kind of stuff Krahe and Kuhn theorises about.