Where does “toru” come from?

toru (Finnish) comes from Finnish torut, from Finnish torua, from Proto-Finnic torudak, from Proto-Uralic torɜ — fight; to fight.

toru (Finnish): singular of torut; Indicative present connegative...

Definitions

  1. singular of torut; Indicative present connegative...

Ancestry of “toru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorutreprimand; Second-person singular indicative...
2Finnishtoruato scold, rebuke
3Proto-Finnictorudak—
4Proto-Uralictorɜfight; to fight
Every word from Proto-Uralic torɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic torudak →Every word from Finnish torua →