Where does “töyry” come from?

töyry (Finnish) comes from Finnish töyräs, from Finnish teuras, from Proto-Germanic þeuraz, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

töyry (Finnish): bank, embankment relatively small edge of a river or another body of water

Definitions

  1. bank, embankment relatively small edge of a river or another body of water

Ancestry of “töyry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtöyräsbank, embankment
2FinnishteurasAn animal to be slaughtered
3Proto-Germanicþeurazbull
4Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Germanic þeuraz →Every word from Finnish teuras →