Where does “Härkä” come from?

Härkä (Finnish) comes from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

Härkä (Finnish): Taurus a constellation

Definitions

  1. Taurus a constellation

Ancestry of “Härkä”, step by step

Härkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Taurus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
2Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
3Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

via Proto-Finnic härkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnichärkäox

Words derived from “Härkä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →