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'
