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Turku
Turku comes from Old East Slavic търгъ ‘market place’, and goes back to Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ.
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*tъrgъ‘a place where trade is being done’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernтъргъtŭrgŭ‘market place’
- FinnishmodernTurku
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*tъrgъ‘a place where trade is being done’reconstructed
- Old East Slavicmodernтъргъtŭrgŭ‘market place’
- FinnishmodernTurku
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- ‘to pull, draw, drag’
train, draw, draft, attractive, drag, portrait, retreat, attraction, extraction, distraction, tract, draught, entreat, 53 more
Today it means
name A municipality, the capital city of the region of Southwest Finland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ / Turku