Where does “alkuhärkä” come from?
alkuhärkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Härkä, from Latin Taurus, from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος, from Proto-Hellenic táuros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.
alkuhärkä (Finnish): An aurochs, "Bos primigenius"
Definitions
- An aurochs, "Bos primigenius"
Ancestry of “alkuhärkä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Härkä | — |
| 2 | Latin | Taurus | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ταῦρος | one of the Tauri |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | táuros | bull |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |