Where does “туръ” come from?

туръ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic tȗrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic taurás, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

туръ (Old East Slavic): Any large type of wild cattle, including the wisent and the buffalo

Definitions

  1. Any large type of wild cattle, including the wisent and the buffalo

Ancestry of “туръ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavictȗrъaurochs
2Proto-Balto-Slavictaurásaurochs, wisent
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic taurás →Every word from Proto-Slavic tȗrъ →