Reconstruction:Proto-Uralic/tora

This Proto-Uralic 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-Uralic

Alternative reconstructions

• *torɜ, *torɜ-

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰāráya-.

Noun

*tora

1. fight

Verb

*tora-

1. to fight

Descendants

• Samoyedic
  • Nenets
    • Tundra Nenets: тароць (tarocʹ°)
• Ugric
  • Hungarian: dorgál
• Mordvinic
  • Erzya: тюремс (ťuŕems)
• Proto-Samic: *toarō, *toarōtēk (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Finnic: *tora (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-Finnic: *torudak
    • Finnish: torua

Further reading

• Entry #1066 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.