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Uralic etymology :
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Number: 1727
Proto: *werča
English meaning: body covering, clothing
German meaning: Körperbedeckung, Bekleidung; kleiden, sich ankleiden
Finnish: verha (dial.) 'Schirm, Decke; Körpersbedeckung, Kleid', verho 'Decke; Schleier, Hülle, Bekleidung; Umhüllung, Schirm' ( > Olon. verhellä 'decken, bedecken, schützen')
Estonian: võru 'Ring, Holzband, Kranz', (dial.) varu, vahru 'Ring, Holzband' ?
Mordovian: oršta-, orča- (E), šča-, uršta- (M) 'kleiden, bekleiden, anziehen'
uralet-proto,uralet-prnum,uralet-meaning,uralet-germmean,uralet-fin,uralet-est,uralet-mrd,
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Eurasiatic: *wVrcwV ( ~ -c`w-)
Meaning: top, cover
nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-ura,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *wers- (Gr w-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: top, upper
Old Indian: várṣman- n., varṣmán-, varṣiman- m. `height, top, uttermost part'; comp. várṣīyaṁs- `higher, upper, greater than', sup. váṛṣiṣṭha- `highest, uppermost, greatest'
Old Greek: ? *werso-: Érros = ho Zeús Hsch., Érso-s m. epith. of Apollo in Attica
Slavic: *vьrxъ
Celtic: OIr ferr `besser'; Cymr gorew `best'
Russ. meaning: верх, верхний
References: WP I 266 f
Comments: See #1216. ? Cf. Greek ọ̄ranó-s m., Dor., Boeot. ōranó-s, aeol. órano-s, ṓrano-s 'heaven'
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-greek,piet-slav,piet-balt,piet-celt,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,
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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *wir̃š-u- (1)
Meaning: top
Lithuanian: viršù-s, dial. vir̃šu-s `Oberes, Oberteil, höchste Spitze, Gipfel; Wipfel; Überschuss, Rand'
Lettish: vìrsus, vìrss2, vìrsa `Oberes, oberer Teil, Oberfläche, Gipfel, Wipfel; Deckel'
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