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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 1653
Proto: *tarna
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: grass, hay
German meaning: Gras, Heu
Finnish: taarna 'eine Art Riedgras', tarna 'Sandried'
Estonian: tarn (gen. tarna) 'verfilztes, vorjähriges Gras, Teich- oder Morastgras'
Udmurt (Votyak): turi̮m (S), turǝ̑m (K), turị̑n (G), turi̮n (M) 'Gras, Kraut; Heu'
Komi (Zyrian): turun (S), turi̮n (V), turu.n (P), turø.n (PO) ( > Khanty Kaz. tŏrǝn 'Gras'; Komi or Khanty > Mansi So. torǝn 'Heu, Gras'; Khanty > Nen. Lj. tonr 'Gras')
Sammalahti's version: *te"rna
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *ṭVwrV
Meaning: to grow, growth, thicket
Indo-European: *trew- (cf. also *tern- )
Altaic: Mong. torni- 'grow, grow up'
Uralic: *tarna (? if not < IIr.)
Kartvelian: Georg. ṭevr- 'thick wood', Svan. ṭäwre- 'get denser, thicker'
Dravidian: *tōr_-
References: ND 2421 *ṭu(w)r[U] 'to grow densely, become bushy' (+ Arab. and dub. Cush.).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *trew-
Meaning: to flourish, to turn out well
Avestan: pf. 3 dg. med. tuɵruyē (= tuɵruwē) `hat aufgezogen, unterhalten', prs. ɵraošta `zurReife, Vollendung, Vollkommenheit gelangen od. bringen', ɵraošti- `(reife) Vollendung, Ende'
Slavic: *trāvā́, *trēvā́
Germanic: *ɵriw-a- vb., *ɵrōw-ō- vb.
Russ. meaning: хорошо расти, удаваться
References: WP I 754 (different in Vasm.)
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: трава́,
Near etymology: укр. трава́, др.-русск. трава, ст.-слав. трава (Рs. Sin.), трѣва χόρτος, χλόη (Зогр., Мар., Ассем., Савв., Рs. Sin., Еuсh. Sin., Супр.; см. Дильс, Aksl. Gr. 33), болг. трева́, трава́, сербохорв. тра́ва, словен. tráva, чеш., слвц. tráva, польск. trawa, в.-луж. trawa, н.-луж. tšаwа. Здесь представлено чередование а: е̌. Эти слова связаны с др.-русск. трову, трути "потреблять", травити -- то же, ст.-слав. натровѫ, натроути ψωμίζειν, τρέφειν (Рs. Sin.), болг. тро́вя "отравляю" (согласно Мейе (МSL, 9, 144), *trava относится к *trovǫ, *truti, как сла́ва -- к *slovǫ, *sluti), сербохорв. тру̏jе̑м, тро̀вати "отравлять", словен. trújem, trováti -- то же, слвц. trоvit᾽ "тратить, потреблять", польск. truję, truć "потреблять, истреблять, отравлять", н.-луж. tšuś, tšuju "обходиться, терять", далее сюда же цслав. трыти, трыıѫ, греч. τρύ̄ω "истребляю, пожираю", τρώω "раню", τραῦμα "рана"; см. Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. I, 160; Траутман, ВSW 327, 330; Ягич, AfslPh 37, 203; Младенов 637; Розвадовский, JР I, 112. См. трави́ть.
Trubachev's comments: [Слав. traviti, давшее непосредственно trava, представляет собой кауз. от truti; см. Славский, JР, 38, 1958, стр. 228. -- Т.]
Pages: 4,91-92
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *ɵriwan-, *ɵrōwōn-
Meaning: grow, flower
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: ɵrōa-st `wachsen, gedeihen'
Norwegian: troa-st
Old High German: { triwit `excellet, pollet, floret', throuwen, trouwen `pubescere, crescere' (allem. t- < ɵ-); thruo `Frucht' }
Middle High German: { ūf gedrouwen `aufgewachsen, erwachsen' }; druo st. f. `Frucht'
German: { (älter) druhen, truhen `gedeihen, zunehmen', schweiz. trüehen id. }
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2038
Root: trē̆u-
English meaning: to prosper
German meaning: `gedeihen'
General comments: erweitert treu-s-
Material: Av. Perf. 3. Sg. Med. tuɵruyē (d. i. tuɵruwē) `hat aufgezogen, unterhalten', Präs.-St. ɵraoš- (ɵraošta) `zur Reife, Vollendung, Vollkommenheit gelangen oder bringen', ɵraošti- `(Reife)Vollendung, Ende';

    ahd. triuuit (alem. t- für þ-) `excellet, pollet, floret'; trowwen (*þraujan) `pubescere, crescere', mhd. ūf gedrouwen `aufgewachsen, erwachsen'; aisl. þrōask `zunehmen, gedeihen, reifen' (*þrōwōn), mhd. druo f. `Frucht', älter-nhd. druhen, truhen `gedeihen, zunehmen', schweiz. trüehen ds.; aisl. þrūðr f. `Kraft', ags. ðrȳð ds.; aisl. þroskr (*trusko-) `(reif, vollwüchsig) kräftig', þroski m. `Stärke', þroskask `stark werden'.

References: WP. I 754.
Pages: 1095
PIE database: PIE database
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *tōr_-
Meaning : bushes, shrubbery
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *tūr_-
Proto-Gondi-Kui : *tōr_- (*-d_-)
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *tūr_-
Meaning : bushes
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : tūr_u
Tamil meaning : bushes, shrubbery, thick underwood, low jungle
Tamil derivates : vb. (tūr_i-) to become bushy, sprout forth, become shaggy and rough; tūr_r_u-kkāṭu jungle, thicket
Proto-Nilgiri : *tūr_
Number in DED : 3401
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Nilgiri etymology :

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Proto-Nilgiri : *tūr_
Meaning : branch with leaves
South Dravidian etymology: South Dravidian etymology
Kota : tūr "bushy bunch of leaves of tree"
Toda : tūr_ (obl. tūt_-) "branch with leaves, leafy part of tree; (in song) bushes"
Number in DED : 3401
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Gondwan etymology :

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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *tōr_- (*-d_-)
Meaning : thicket
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Konda : tōr_u
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Konda etymology :

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Konda : tōr_u
Meaning: thicket, bush
Gondwan etymology: Gondwan etymology
Number in DED : 3401
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