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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/torvi

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed words 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 *towri, borrowed from a Baltic language, compare Latvian taure (bugle, horn), Lithuanian taurė (goblet), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *táwros.

Noun

*torvi

  1. horn (instrument)
  2. tube, pipe

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

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