Taurus-Toros-Mountian-Range-Anatolia |
a very complicated issue. The name of a mountain range in Anatolia, today's Türkiye.
TAURUS (Turkish TOROS)
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According to wiktionary the word Taurus has no certain etymology:
Source: Ταῦρος#Ancient_Greek
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Modern Turkish dağ is the "mountain". Older versions are Tau, Taw, Tag, Taa, Too, Tav, (Yakut TIA).
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Greek ὄρος • (óros) n (genitive ὄρεος or ὄρους or οὔρεος); third declension
Source: wiki/ὄρος
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