Where does “ryhähärkä” come from?

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

ryhähärkä (Finnish): zebu, "Bos primigenius indicus"

Definitions

  1. zebu, "Bos primigenius indicus"

Ancestry of “ryhähärkä”, step by step

ryhähärkä 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 ryhä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryhähump, lump
2Finnishruhocarcass, dead body
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Hellenic táuros →Every word from Ancient Greek Ταῦρος →