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Altaic etymology :

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Proto-Altaic: *i̯úrù
Nostratic: Nostratic
Meaning: to gather, crowd
Russian meaning: собирать(ся), толпа
Turkic: *irk-
Mongolian: *ir-, *irge-
Tungus-Manchu: *urū-
Korean: *ur
Japanese: *ú(n)tì
Comments: KW 209, Martin 228, Lee 25-26. Cf. Old Koguryo *uš (see Miller 1979, 17).
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Proto-Turkic: *irk-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: to gather
Russian meaning: собирать(ся)
Karakhanid: irk- (MK)
Turkish: irk-
Middle Turkic: irk- (Pav. C.)
Turkmen: irik- (dial.)
Kirghiz: irk-il-
Kazakh: irk-
Comments: EDT 221, ЭСТЯ 1, 378-379.
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Mongolian etymology :

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Proto-Mongolian: *ir-, *irgen
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to fill up, to crowd 2 people
Russian meaning: 1 заполнять, толпиться 2 народ
Written Mongolian: ir- 1 (L 412), irgen 2 (L 414)
Middle Mongolian: jirgen (HY 28), irge(n) (SH) 2, irken, hirken (MA)
Khalkha: irgen 2
Buriat: ergen 2; iraj-, 'стоять рядами, шеренгами', iralza- 'мелькать ( о множестве предметов, находящихся в движении)'
Kalmuck: irgṇ 2
Ordos: īrgen '1 citizen, 2 chinese'
Dagur: irgen 2 (Тод. Даг. 146), iregen (MD 173)
Mogol: irgan 2 (Weiers); ZM orgɔ̄n (9-6a)
Comments: KW 209. Mong. > Jurch. irhebe (843), Man. irgen (see Rozycki 117).
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Tungus etymology :

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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *urū-
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: 1 to gather, collect 2 crowd, gathering
Russian meaning: 1 собирать(ся) 2 толпа, собрание
Evenki: urūw- 1, urūwū 2
Negidal: ojụw-
Orok: uru-
Solon: orụ-
Comments: ТМС 2, 287.
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Korean etymology :

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Proto-Korean: *ur
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: clan, relatives
Russian meaning: род, родня
Modern Korean: ul
Comments: KED 1246.
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Japanese etymology :

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Proto-Japanese: *ú(n)tì
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Meaning: clan
Russian meaning: род
Old Japanese: udi
Middle Japanese: udi, útì
Tokyo: úji
Kyoto: újì
Kagoshima: úji
Comments: JLTT 566. The Tokyo accent is aberrant.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *wirV
Meaning: multitude
Indo-European: *werǝ- 'multitude' (to be distinguished from 'string, row')
Altaic: *i̯úrù
Dravidian: *ur_- (*-d_-)
Eskimo-Aleut: *irǝʁu-(na-)
References: ND 71 *ʔurV 'to gather' (adding also SH *ʔVrVr- (Cush., Sem.)'gather' which is somewhat dubious).
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(a)werǝ-, *wrē-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: to string, to put in a row
Old Indian: ā-valī, ā-vali- f. `row, range, series, continuous line'; vr̥ndá- n. `heap, multitude, host, flock'; vrā́ta- m. `multitude, flock, assemblage'
Old Greek: aeírō 'anreihen, verbinden'
Slavic: *ob(v)orā, *sъvorā; *verenīcā; *vorъ: Czech vor `Floss'; *verīgā, *verūgā; *vьrvь
Baltic: *wer̂- (1) vb. tr.; *wā̂r-ā̂ f., *wā̂r-a- c., *wā̂r-ia- (2) c.; *wir̂-t-in-iā̃ f., *wir̃-w-iā̃ (1) f.
Germanic: *wrí-ɵ-u- c., *war-[ɵ]-ōn- f., *wrḗ-ɵ=, *wrō-ɵ=, *wir-n=, *wur-[ɵ]-ōn- f., *war-an- m., *war-[ɵ]-an-m.
Celtic: OIr foirenn `factio', MIr foirenn `Abteilung, Schar', OCymr guerin `factio', Cymr gwerin `viri, virorum multitudo, plebs', OBret guerin gl. `duas factiones'
Russ. meaning: нанизывать, ставить в ряд
References: WP I 263 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :

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Word: вера́ть
Near etymology: "совать, вкладывать, прятать, копаться", новгор. (Даль), вере́ть, завере́ть "запереть", ст.-слав. въврѣти "всунуть", проврѣти "просунуть" (Супр.), болг. вра (врял) "сую", словен. svréti "сморщиваться, собираться в складки", чеш. otevříti "открыть", польск. wrzeć, zawrzeć "запереть".
Further etymology: Родственно лит. veriù, vérti "продевать нитку, открывать, запирать", др.-прусск. etwerreis "открой!", греч. ἀείρω "связываю"; ἄορον ̇ μοχλόν, πυλῶνα, θυρωρόν (Гесихий), ἀορτή "мешок, мех", лат. aperio "открываю", operio "запираю", гот. warjan "препятствовать", др.-инд. apavr̥ṇṓti "открывает, запирается", apivr̥ṇṓti "запирает, покрывает, прячет"; см. Сольмсен, Unters. gr. Lautl. 293; Фортунатов, AfslPh 4, 580; Уленбек, Aind. Wb. 293; Траутман, BSW 351 и сл. Ср. верени́ца, верея́. О слове вор, которое относят сюда же Сольмсен (там же) и Мейе (Et. 226), см. ниже.
Pages: 1,293
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Baltic etymology :

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Proto-Baltic: *wer̂- (1) vb. tr.; *wā̂r-ā̂ f., *wā̂r-a- c., *wā̂r-ia- (2) c.; *wir̂-t-in-iā̃ f., *wir̃-w-ā̂, -iā̃ (1) f.
Meaning: string, tie
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Old Lithuanian: vir̃vē (Daukša) 'Seil, Strick, Tau'
Lithuanian: vōrà (-ō̃s) 'Reihe (vieler Wagen usw.), Kette von irgendwelchen Gegenständen', vìrtinē 'Reihe, Haufe, Truppe, Abteilung, Bündel', virvē̃ `Seil, Strick, Tau'; vṓra-s `Spinne'
Lettish: vẽrt (ver̨u, vẽru) 'reihen, aufreihen; einfädeln; sticken, nähen, flechten'; vir̃tene, vir̃kne 'Aneindergereihtes, Reihe'; vìrve, vìrva2 'Strick, Seil'; vâris2 'Spinne'
Old Prussian: wirbe 'Seil' Voc. 314
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *wríɵu-z, *war[ɵ]ōn, *wrḗɵ=, *wrōɵ=, *wirn=, *wur[ɵ]ōn, *warēn, *war[ɵ]ēn
Meaning: herd, flock
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: wriɵu-s m. (u) `herd (of swine)'
Old Norse: land-varδa f. `Abgabe des Fischers'
Norwegian: vore `10 Fische', vorde `10 oder 20 Fische, Bündel'
Swedish: dial. vɔla, vɔre `Fischbündel, 10 Fische'
Old Danish: varde, vorde `Fischbündel, 10 Fische'; wrāth `Schweineherde'
Danish: (älter) varde, vorde `Fischbündel, Bündel von 10 Fischen, Weidenland'
Old English: weorn `Trupp, Menge'; wrǟɵ, wrȫɵ `Herde, Schar'
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2148
Root: u̯er-1, auch su̯er-
English meaning: to bind, to attach
German meaning: `binden, anreihen, aufhängen', auch zum Wägen, daher `schwer; Schnur, Strick'
Material: A. Gr. ἀείρω aus *ἀέρι̯ω (mit Vorschlags-α-), seit Homer auch αἴρω (jedenfalls aus *ἀέρι̯ω kontrahiert, mit αι statt α̃ι): α) `reihe an, verbinde, kopple', β) `hebe hoch, erhebe';

    zu α) `kopple':

    ξυναίρεται συνάπτεται Hes., συνήορος Hom. (συνά̄ορος Pind.) `eng vereint, coniunx', att. συνωρίς `Zweigespann', τετρά̄ορος, att. τέτρωρος `Viergespann', hom. παρήορος `Beipferd neben dem Zweigespann';

    zu β) `hebe hoch, lasse hängen':

    ἤερτο ἐκρέματο Hes., hom. ἠερέθονται `sie flattern'; hom. μετήορος, att. μετέωρος, aeol. πεδά̄ορος `erhoben, hoch schwebend' (μετά `inmitten'); κατήορος, κατωρίς; κατώρης κάτω ῥέπων Hes.; ἐπήορος; ἀπήορος; dazu mit Dehnstufe und Intensivredupl. αἰώρα (*αιώρᾱ) `Schwebe, Schaukel', mit αἰωρέω. Weiter dazu ἀορτήρ `Schwertkoppel', ἀορτή `Ledersack' (*ἄορτά̄ wegen lat. Lw. averta `Packsack'), auch wohl ἄορ n. `Schwert'; ἀορτ- oder eher ἀαρτ- kontrahiert zu ἀ̄ρτ- in ἀρτηρία `Luftröhre, Arterie', neben ἀορτή `Aorta'; ἀερτ- kontrahiert zu ἀ̄ρτ- in ἀρτα̃ν `anhängen' (vgl. ἠέρτησε ἠέρτημαι bei Alexandrinern mit ἀρτάνη `Strick, Schlinge', ἀρτεμών `Bramsegel');

    alb. vjer `hänge auf', avarī `zusammen', vark, -gu `Reihe, Kranz, Kette', vargarī `Reihe, Trupp';

    lit. veriù, vérti `einfädeln'; lett. veru, vẽrt `einfädeln, sticken, nähen', dazu die Iterativa lit. várstyti, lett. vãrstīt `wiederholt einfädeln', lett. savāre `Rute zum Binden', ostlit. vìrtinė `Bündel', lett. virtene, virkne (*virtne) f. `Aneinandergereihtes, Reihe', auch lit. pa-varė̃ und vorà f. `lange Reihe' (von Wagen, Tieren usw.), lit. virvė̃, lett. vìrve `Strick, Seil', aksl. vrъvь ds. (= apr. wirbe ds.), lit. apì-varas `Schnürsenkel', varanda `Geflecht aus Weidenruten', vóras `Spinne'; aksl. vъvrěti `hineinstecken', provrěti `durchstecken', russ. veratь `stecken, hineinlegen', aksl. obora (*ob-vora) `Strick', russ. vereníca `lange Reihe, Strich', aksl. verigy f. Pl. `Ketten, Fesseln', slov. veríga, verúga `Kette', dazu auch got. wriþus `Herde', ags. wrǣd ds.; russ. voróna, vorónka `Trichter', veretá `Sack', aksl. vrětiště n. ds. usw.;

    B. Mit der Bedeutung `Reihe, Schwarm usw.':

    ai. vr̥ndam `Schar, Menge'; air. foirenn f. `factio, Gruppe, Schar', acymr. guerin `factio', ncymr. gwerin `Leute, Menge, Schar', abret. guerin `factiones' (*varīnā); ags. weorn, wearn `Schar, Menge, Truppe'; toch. В war̃nai `mit'; über russ. vereníca, lit. vorà, lett. virkne, alb. vargarī s. oben.

    C. Mit to-Formans: *u̯rēto- in ai. vrāta- m. `Schar, Truppe, Menge', ags. wrǣd `Herde', got. wrēþus (Hs. wriþus).

    D. mit s mobile: su̯er- in

    lit. sveriù sver̃ti `wägen', dazu svãras m. `Wage', svarùs `schwer', und svirù, svìrti `das Übergewicht haben, überhängen'; svìrtis f. `Brunnenschwengel', lett. sveŕu, svèrt `wägen, wiegen', svars `Gewicht', svēre f. `Brunnenschwengel'; cymr. chwar-, bret. c'hoar- `geschehen';

    germ. swēra- `schwer' in got. swers `geehrt', ahd. mhd. swār (ahd. swāri) `schwer, drückend, schmerzend'; unsicher gr. ἕρμα n. `Schiffsballast' (S. 1152) und lat. sērius `ernst'.

References: WP. I 263 ff., WH. II 521, Trautmann 296, 351 ff., Jokl Lingu.-kult. Untersuchungen 194, Vasmer 1, 184 ff., 226 f., 229; 2, 243, Frisk 23 f., 49, 153 ff.; H. Lewis BBC S. 4, 136 f. über kelt. *su̯ar- `geschehen' (`*fallen').
Pages: 1150-1151
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Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-Dravidian : *ur_- (*-d_-)
Meaning : numerous, abundant
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Proto-South Dravidian: *ur_-
Proto-Telugu : *ur_-av-
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South Dravidian etymology :

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Proto-South Dravidian : *ur_-
Meaning : mass; numerous
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Tamil : ur_u (ur_uv-, ur_r_-)
Tamil meaning : to be numerous; adj. much, abundant
Tamil derivates : ur_uttu (ur_utti-) to increase (tr.); ur_ai (-pp-, -tt-) to increase, grow (intr.)
Malayalam : ur_u
Malayalam meaning : plenty, copious, much, abundant
Kannada : ur_aḷi
Kannada meaning : a mass, multitude
Kannada derivates : ur_ube id., excess; ur_ubu, ur_uvu id., largeness; ur_e abundantly, much, greatly; mass, abundance, largeness; urbinaṃ, urvinaṃ largely, greatly; urvisu to cause to increase; (PBh.) ur_u to increase; ur_umike abundance, excess; urme grandeur; urvu pride
Tulu : urubu, urbi, urbu
Tulu meaning : increase as of any disease or trouble
Tulu derivates : urdi increase, prosperity
Number in DED : 0711
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Telugu etymology :

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Proto-Telugu : *ur_-av-
Meaning : abundance; abundant, much
Dravidian etymology: Dravidian etymology
Telugu : ur_avu
Dialectal forms (1) : uravu
Additional forms : Also uruvu magnitude, largeness, bigness, amount; sum; great, big; or_r_u large, big; odde abundance, plenty; ommu plumpness, largeness; adj. plump, large
Number in DED : 711
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Eskimo etymology :

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Proto-Eskimo: *irǝʁu-(na-)
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: all, whole, complete
Russian meaning: целый, законченный, весь
Proto-Yupik: *irǝʁu-(na-)
Comments: Cf. *ǝlu- 'all, whole'.
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Yupik etymology :

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Proto-Yupik: *írǝʁú-(na-)
Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology
Meaning: all, whole, complete
Russian Meaning: целый, законченный, весь
Sirenik: ǝ̄cǝʁúnaʁǝ́n, icǝ́ʁunáʁmǝlŋuχ 'all, full'
Chaplino: īʁwiʁáquq, īŋunán
Naukan: íʁunáq, īûɣwílŋuq
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