Where does “tarvas” come from?

tarvas (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic tarvas, from Proto-Finnic tawras, from Proto-Balto-Slavic taurás, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

tarvas (Finnish): The meaning of this term is uncertain....

Definitions

  1. The meaning of this term is uncertain....

Ancestry of “tarvas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictarvas? aurochs
2Proto-Finnictawras—
3Proto-Balto-Slavictaurásaurochs, wisent
4Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic taurás →Every word from Proto-Finnic tawras →