Where does “tarvas” come from?
tarvas (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic tarvas, from Proto-Finnic tawras, from Proto-Balto-Slavic taurás, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.
tarvas (Estonian): aurochs; European bison, wisent
Definitions
- aurochs; European bison, wisent
Ancestry of “tarvas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | tarvas | ? aurochs |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | tawras | — |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | taurás | aurochs, wisent |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |
Words derived from “tarvas”