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Where does “toraisa” come from?

toraisa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tora, from Proto-Finnic tora, from Proto-Uralic torɜ — fight; to fight.

toraisa (Finnish): quarrelsome

Definitions

  1. quarrelsome

Ancestry of “toraisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtoraquarrel
2Proto-Finnictoraquarrel; fight
3Proto-Uralictorɜfight; to fight
Every word from Proto-Uralic torɜ →