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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
Baltic: *wirš-u- (1)
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'
Proto-IE: *wers-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: bull
Tokharian: A kay-urṣ, B ka-uŭrṣe `бык' (PT *keuwärṣän-) (Adams 212)
Old Indian: vŕ̥ṣan-, vr̥ṣa- m. `man, male, bull, stallion'; vr̥ṣabhá- m. `bull', vr̥ṣṇí-, vŕ̥ṣṇi- `manly, mighty', m. `ram'; vŕ̥ṣaṇa- m. `scrotum, du. testicles'
Avestan: varšni- 'Widder'
Baltic: *wer̃š-ia- m.
Latin: verrēs (/ verris), -is m. `Eber'
Russ. meaning: скот (бык)
References: WP I 268 f
Proto-IE: *wers- <PIH *w->
Meaning: to beat, to thresh
Hittite: wars- (I), warsija- (I) 'abwischen, abstreifen' (Friedrich 246)
Old Greek: érrō (inf. el. werrēn, warrēn `verbannt werden', imp. lokr. werretō), aor. érrēsa, pf. ẹ̄s-ḗrrēka `(weg)gehen, untergehen, dahinschwinden'
Slavic: *vьrxǭ, *verxtī; *vorxъ
Latin: verrō, -ere, verrī/Gramm. versī, versum `schleifen, am Boden schleppen, fegen'
Russ. meaning: бить о..., молотить
References: WP I 292 f
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