Where does “tru” come from?
tru (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian taruna, from Sanskrit तरुण, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tárunas, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
tru (Albanian): brain
Definitions
- brain
Ancestry of “tru”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Albanian | taruna | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | तरुण | young, tender, juvenile; a youth |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | tárunas | young, tender |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 5 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 6 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |