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Where does “torvi” come from?

torvi (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic torvi, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

torvi (Finnish): horn; tube or pipe, especially one that widens in...

Definitions

  1. horn; tube or pipe, especially one that widens in...

Ancestry of “torvi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnictorvihorn; tube, pipe
2Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs

Words derived from “torvi”

  • äänitorvi
  • ruokatorvi
  • kuulotorvi
  • syöksytorvi
  • flyygelitorvi
  • baritonitorvi
  • torvijäkälä
  • kurkkutorvi
  • postitorvi
  • henkitorvi
  • korvatorvi
  • mustatorvisieni
  • merkkitorvi
  • torvikotilo
  • käyrätorvi
  • alppitorvi
  • torvivoirousku
  • munatorvi
  • torvisoittokunta
  • tuohitorvi
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