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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *órh-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: right, true
Russian meaning: правильный, верный
Modern Korean: ol- (olh-)
Middle Korean: órh-
Comments: Nam 383, KED 1210.
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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *ùbre (~ -ŕ-)
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: truth
Russian meaning: правда
Mongolian: *(h)uwr
Tungus-Manchu: *uru
Korean: *órh-
Japanese: *bǝ̀tu
Comments: PKE 137, Lee 1958, 118.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *(h)uwr
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: really, purely (e.g. "purely Mongolian")
Russian meaning: чисто (напр. "чисто монгольский")
Written Mongolian: uur, our (L 890) (e.g. uur moŋɣul)
Khalkha: ūr, ōr
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *urē-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 truth 2 to justify 3 to agree
Russian meaning: 1 правда 2 оправдывать 3 соглашаться
Evenki: urē- 3
Even: öre- 3
Negidal: ujē- 3
Literary Manchu: uru 1, urgin 'sample, form'
Jurchen: uru-le-be (831) 2
Solon: urubu- 'to learn (of soldiers)'
Comments: ТМС 2, 23, 283, 287, 289.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *bǝ̀tu
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: reality
Russian meaning: истина, реальность
Old Japanese: wotu-(tu), utu-tu
Middle Japanese: ùtù-(tú)
Tokyo: ùtsutsu
Kyoto: ùtsùtsú
Kagoshima: ùtsùtsú
Comments: JLTT 566. Modern dialects point rather to a high tone on the second syllable.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *uwVrV
Meaning: true
Indo-European: *(ǝ)wēr-
Altaic: *ùbre (~ -ŕ-)
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *wēr- (Gr w-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: true, benevolent
Old Greek: ē̂ra phérẹ̄n, epì ē̂ra phérẹ̄n `jmdm. einen Gefallen tun', epí-ēro- `gefällig, angenehm, willkommen'
Slavic: *vḗrā
Germanic: *wēr-a- adj., *wēr-ia- adj.; *wḗr-ō f., *wēr-an- m., *war-ō(n-) f.
Latin: vērus, -a `wahr'; sevērus, -a `ernsthaft, gesetzt, streng, grausam'
Celtic: Ir fīr `wahr'; Cymr cywir `recht, treu, aufrichtig, wahr', gwir `wahr'
Russ. meaning: верный, благосклонный
References: WP I 286 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: ве́ра,
Near etymology: ве́рить, укр. вíра, др.-русск., ст.-слав. вѣра πίστις (Супр., Клоц.), болг. вя́ра, сербохорв. Bjȅpa, словен. véra, чеш. víra, польск. wiara, в.-луж., н.-луж. wjera.
Further etymology: Родственно авест. var- "верить", varǝna- "вера", осет. urnyn "верить"; см. Мейе, Et. 169. Далее, вероятно, сюда же д.-в.-н. wâra ж. "правда, верность, милость", др.-исл. vár "обет, торжественное обещание", д.-в.-н. wâr "правдивый, верный", др.-ирл. fír "правдивый, истинный", лат. vērus "истинный, правдивый", гот. tuzwērjan "сомневаться", unwērjan "досадовать"; см. Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 293; Торп 395; Траутман, BSW 351; Педерсен, Kelt. Gr. 1, 50; Вальде 825.
Pages: 1,292-293
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *wēra-, *wēria-; *wḗrō, *wērēn-, *warō(n)
Meaning: true, convenant, pledge
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: *tuz-wērjan wk. `doubt', un-wērjan `be unwilling'; *alla-wērī f. (n) `simplicity, sincerity'
Old Norse: vǟr-r `freundlich, ruhig', pl. vārar f. `Gelübde', Vār f. PN (Göttin), al-vara f. `Wollvolle; Ernst'
Norwegian: ɔlvora
Swedish: alvar(a)
Old Danish: allvar
Danish: alvor
Old English: wǟr, -e f. `convenant, compact, agreement, pledge'; wǟr (h. l.) `true'
English: ware
Old Frisian: wēr
Old Saxon: warōn `leisten', wār `wahr'
Middle Dutch: waer adj.; wāre, waer `borgstelling, waarborg'
Dutch: waar
Old Franconian: wār
Middle Low German: wār
Old High German: werēn, giwerēn, giwerōn `einem etwas gewähren, leisten, erfühlen'; wāra `Wahrheit, Treue' (8.Jh.); wār `wahr(haft), wirklich, gewiss, echt, recht' (8.Jh.), wāri (8.Jh.) `id.' (miti-wāri sanftmütig, ala-wāri `gütig, freundlich, zugeneigt ganz aufrichtig')
Middle High German: wāre st. f. 'vertrag u. daraus herrühender friede'; wār, wǟre adj. 'wahr, wahrhaft, wirklich, gewiss, echt, recht'
German: wahr; albern
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2172
Root: u̯er-11, u̯erǝ-
English meaning: friendship; trustworthy, true
German meaning: `Freundlichkeit (erweisen)'
Derivatives: u̯ēro-s `vertrauenswert, wahr'
Material: A. Wurzelnomen u̯ēr-: gr. ηρ- in hom. (ἐπι) ἦρα φέρειν `einen Gefallen tun', Pherek. ἦρα ἴσθι, Bacchyl. ἦρα mit Gen. `χάριν'; ἐπιήρανος `wohlgefällig, angenehm'; Nom. Pl. ἐρί-ηρες `Vertraute', Sg. o-Stamm ἐρίηρος `traut, lieb'; βρίηρον μεγάλως κεχαρισμένον Hes.; PN Περιήρης, Διώρης aus Διο-ήρης.

    B. Ableitung u̯ērā: germ. *wēra `Vertrag, Gelübde, Bündnis' im aisl. GN Vār `Göttin der Treuschwüre', Pl. vārar `Treuegelübde', ags. wǣr f. `Vertrag, Treue, Schutz', ahd. wāra ds., mnd. wāre `Vertrag, Friede'; aksl. f. `Glaube'.

    C. Komposita auf -u̯ēro-s, -uēri-s, formal wie gr. ἐρίηρoς, βρίηρος: lat. se-vērus `ohne Freundlichkeit', d. i. `streng', davon assevērāre `versichern', persevērāre `beharren'; Gegenstück gall. PN Co-vīrus, cymr. cywir `recht, treu'; *u̯ēri-s in got. alla-werei `schlichte Güte', aisl. ǫlvǣrr `freundlich, gastlich', ags. eal-werlic `benigne', ahd. alauuari, mhd. alwære `schlicht, einfältig, albern', ahd. zur-wāri `verdächtig' = got. *tuzwērs (tuzwērjan `zweifeln'), *unwērs(un-wērjan `unwillig sein'), ahd. miti-wāri `sanft'.

    D. Adjektiv u̯ēro-s `wahr': lat. vērus, air. fīr, cymr. gwir; as. ahd. wār, nhd. wahr.

    E. Verbalableitungen: gr. ἑορτή (*εορτά̄) `Feier, Fest', äol. ἔροτις ds. (*εροτις? eher angeglichen an ἐροτός, hom. ἐρατός `lieblich'); ἔρανος ds.;

    ahd. werēn, giweren, giwerōn, nhd. gewähren, as. waron `leisten'.

    Hierher wahrscheinlich auch germ. werðuz (= idg. *u̯ertú-) in aisl. verþr (Dat. Sg. virþe neben häufigerem verþe) `Mahlzeit', got. wairdus `ξένος', as. werd, ahd. Wirt `Hausherr, Eheherr, Wirt', afries. hus-werda `Hauswirt, Hausherr'.

References: WP. I 285 f., WH. II 528, 768, Wissmann Nom. postverb. 115 ff., Die ältesten Postverb. des Germ. 45, Frisk 531, 547 f., 565, Trautmann 351, Vasmer 1, 184.
Pages: 1165-1166
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