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Where does “teuras” come from?

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

teuras (Finnish): An animal to be slaughtered

Definitions

  1. An animal to be slaughtered

Ancestry of “teuras”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicþeurazbull
2Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “teuras”

  • teurastaja
  • teurastaa
  • teurastamo
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