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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/tarvas

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

From earlier *tawras, with metathesis of -wr- to -rv-; from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taurás, from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Noun

*tarvas

  1.  ? aurochs

Inflection

Descendants

  • Estonian: tarvas
  • Finnish: tarvas (archaic)
  • Võro: tarvas

Further reading

  • tarvas in Metsmägi, Iris; Sedrik, Meeli; Soosaar, Sven-Erik (2012), Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Instituut, →ISBN
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