Where does “biisonihärkä” come from?

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

biisonihärkä (Finnish): male bison, bison bull

Definitions

  1. male bison, bison bull

Ancestry of “biisonihärkä”, step by step

biisonihärkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Härkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishHärkäTaurus a constellation
2LatinTaurusTaurus, one of the constellations of the Zodiac
3Ancient GreekΤαῦροςone of the Tauri
4Proto-Hellenictáurosbull
5Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

via Finnish biisoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbiisonibuffalo, Bison bison
2Latinbisōnbison (Bison bonasus)
3Proto-Germanicwisundazbison, wisent; wild ox, aurochs
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwisAn-aurochs, aurochs horn
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweys-to raise, increase; to produce, procreate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →