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
- zebu, "Bos primigenius indicus"
Ancestry of “ryhähärkä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |