Where does “tuohitorvi” come from?

tuohitorvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuohi, from Proto-Finnic toohi, from Proto-Finnic tooši, from Baltic unknown.

tuohitorvi (Finnish): birchbark horn

Definitions

  1. birchbark horn

Ancestry of “tuohitorvi”, step by step

tuohitorvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuohi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuohibirchbark; money, cash; Third-person singular...
2Proto-Finnictoohibirchbark
3Proto-Finnictooši—
4Balticunknown—

via Finnish torvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtorvihorn; tube or pipe, especially one that widens in...
2Proto-Finnictorvihorn; tube, pipe
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Baltic unknown →Every word from Proto-Finnic tooši →Every word from Proto-Finnic toohi →