Where does “toom” come from?
toom (Estonian) comes from Proto-Finnic toomi, from Proto-Uralic ďëme — bird cherry.
toom (Estonian): bird cherry
Ancestry of “toom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Finnic | toomi | bird cherry |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | ďëme | bird cherry |