Where does “taur” come from?

taur (Romansch) comes from Latin taurus, from Proto-Italic tauros, from Proto-Indo-European táwros — wild bull, aurochs.

taur (Romansch): bull

Definitions

  1. bull

Ancestry of “taur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintaurusa bull, steer; an instrument of torture, in the...
2Proto-Italictaurosbull
3Proto-Indo-Europeantáwroswild bull, aurochs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European táwros →Every word from Proto-Italic tauros →Every word from Latin taurus →