Where does “toom” come from?

toom (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic toomi, from Proto-Uralic ďëme — bird cherry.

toom (Estonian): bird cherry

Definitions

  1. bird cherry

Ancestry of “toom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictoomibird cherry
2Proto-Uralicďëmebird cherry
Every word from Proto-Uralic ďëme →Every word from Proto-Finnic toomi →