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The core meaning appears to be vine; line; string as a noun, and to hangdown, as a line or string; to form or take the shape of a line or string(both transitive and intransitive) as a verb.
Appears to be distinct from *turu meaning vine; line; string; to hang.
Vovin (2008) considers it possibly related to an ancestor of Korean두루미(durumi, “crane”), with a Pre-Proto-Japonic root-final -m vanishing later, leaving only a Kansai accent pattern behind (see pronunciation section below).[1] May ultimately be a regional Wanderwort. Compare also Proto-Turkic*turunya(“crane”) (whence Turkishturna), Mongolianтогоруу(togoruu, “crane”), Hungariandaru(“crane”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
^ Bjarke Frellesvig and John Whitman, editors (2008), chapter 7, in Proto-Japanese: Issues and Prospects, Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, Proto-Japanese beyond the accent system, pages 140-156