Where does “kuulotorvi” come from?
kuulotorvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuulo, from Finnish kuulla, from Proto-Finnic kuuldak, from Proto-Uralic *kuwle- — to hear.
kuulotorvi (Finnish): ear trumpet
Ancestry of “kuulotorvi”, step by step
kuulotorvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuulo | The sense of hearing |
| 2 | Finnish | kuulla | to hear; to hear of; to listen to |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuldak | to hear |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | *kuwle- | to hear |
via Finnish torvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | torvi | horn; tube or pipe, especially one that widens in... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | torvi | horn; tube, pipe |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | táwros | wild bull, aurochs |