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Where does “torua” come from?

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

torua (Finnish): to scold, rebuke

Definitions

  1. to scold, rebuke

Ancestry of “torua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictorudak—
2Proto-Uralictorɜfight; to fight

Words derived from “torua”

  • torut
  • toru
Every word from Proto-Uralic torɜ →