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Where does “Tursas” come from?

Tursas (Finnish) comes from Proto-Germanic þurisaz, from Proto-Indo-European tur-.

Ancestry of “Tursas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþurisazgiant; demon; monster; name of the þ-rune
2Proto-Indo-Europeantur-—

Words derived from “Tursas”

  • aivoturso
  • turso
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tur- →