Where does “härkäsammakko” come from?

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

härkäsammakko (Finnish): bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus

Definitions

  1. bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus

Ancestry of “härkäsammakko”, step by step

härkäsammakko 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 sammakko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsammakkofrog; common frog
2Finnish-kkoForms collective nouns; Forms nouns denoting...
3Proto-Finnic-kko
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwrosEvery word from Proto-Hellenic táurosEvery word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος
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