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Baltic etymology :
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Proto-Baltic: *wer̃š-ia- m.
Meaning: ox
Lithuanian: ver̃ši-s `(Ochs)kalb, dial. Stier, Ochs'
Lettish: vḕrsi-s `Ochs, Stier'
Old Prussian: werstian `Kalb' V. 674
baltet-meaning,baltet-prnum,baltet-lith,baltet-lett,baltet-oprus,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *wers-
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'
Latin: verrēs (/ verris), -is m. `Eber'
Russ. meaning: скот (бык)
References: WP I 268 f
piet-prnum,piet-meaning,piet-tokh,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-balt,piet-lat,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *wVrʒV
Meaning: male, male animal
References: ND 2530 *w[i]RʒV 'young herbivore' (+ Sem.; + incorr. Alt.). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-kart,nostret-reference,
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Kartvelian etymology :
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Proto-Kartvelian: *werʒ́-
Russian meaning: баран
English meaning: ram
Georgian: verʒ-
Megrel: erǯ-
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 84, EWK 133. Сближение с ПИЕ *wers- 'теленок, кабан' см. Долгопольский 1972, 171, Бомхард 1996, 187 (вряд ли сюда тюрк. *buŕagu < алт. *biaŕV); Климов 1994, 108-110 предпочитает думать о заимствовании картв. из ПИЕ, однако в таком случае неясна звонкость -ʒ́- < -s-.
kartet-prnum,kartet-rusmean,kartet-meaning,kartet-gru,kartet-meg,kartet-notes,
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