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taurs

taurs

Latvian

Taurs

Noun

taurs m (1st declension)

  1. aurochs (Bos primigenitus, the extinct ancestor of domestic cattle)
    vietvārdi pierāda, ka mūsu mežos kādreiz mituši tauri‎ ― placenames show that there once lived aurochs in our forests

Declension

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “taurs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tew-, *tu- ‎(“to swell”), with a suffix *-ro. The meaning evolution was probably: “swollen” → “fat; having a well-developed body” → “strong (animal)” → “aurochs.” Some researches believe this word to be a borrowing from Semitic into Indo-European, but many others disagree with that opinion. Cognates include Lithuanian taũras, Old Prussian tauris, Old Church Slavonic тоуръ ‎(turŭ), Russian тур ‎(tur, “aurochs”), Ancient Greek ταῦρος ‎(taûros), Latin taurus ‎(“bull”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tàurs], IPA(key): [tāūrs]

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