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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *rtk'- <PIH *H->
Meaning: bear
Hittite: hartagga- c. 'ein Raubtier' (Tischler 188-189, 312)
Old Indian: ŕkṣa- m. `bear'; ŕkṣī f. `female bear'
Avestan: arša- 'Bär'
Other Iranian: NPers xirs, Osset ars 'Bär'
Armenian: arǯ `Bär'
Old Greek: árkto-s f. (/m.) `Bär, Bärin'
Latin: ursus, gen. -ī m. `Bär'; ursa f. `Bärin; als Sternbild des grossen und des kleinen Bären'
Celtic: *arto- > Gaul Deae Artioni; MIr art; Cymr arth `Bär'
Russ. meaning: зверек (медведь)
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1638
Root: ŕ̥k̂þo-s
English meaning: bear
German meaning: `Bär'
General comments: (oder r̥k̂-s-o-s neben r̥k̂-to-s?)
Material: Ai. ŕ̥kṣa- m. `Bär' (dazu ein neues fem. r̥k̂ṣī `Bärin') = jav. arša-, osset. ars, arm. arj (beeinflußt von arjn `dunkelbraun'), alb. ari, gr. ἄρκτος, jünger ἄρκος, dazu (?) der VN ᾽Αρκάδες, mir. art, cymr. arth `Bär', gall. Deae Artioni `Bärengöttin', lat. ursus `Bär', vielleicht hitt. ḫartagga- Name eines Raubtiers; aquitan. PN Harsus, bask. hartz `Bär' sind kelt. Lw.; npers. xirs `Bär' soll auf iran. *r̥sa- = idg. r̥k̂o- weisen, worauf auch osset. ars zurückgehen könnte.
References: WP. II 322, WH. II 842, Specht KZ 66, 26 f., Idg. Dekl. 239 f., der den Bären als `Zerstörer, Schädiger' deutet, zu ai. rákṣas- n. `Zerstörung', av. raš- `beschädigen' (S. 864); vgl. auch Frisk Gr. et. Wb. 141 f.
Pages: 875
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *HVrtkV
Meaning: a k. of predator
References: ND 742 *ɣERgE 'big beast' (+ Arab. ʕurāǧ- 'hyena(s)'). nostret-meaning,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-reference,
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *i̯àrgi ( ~ -o)
Meaning: wild beast of prey
Russian meaning: назв. хищного животного
Comments: A Tung.-Kor. isogloss. In Kor. one has to suppose a secondary monophthongization (*jǝ́rhì > *írhì), cf. the attested Old Koguryo *yaši ( = *yarhi) 'wolf' (see Miller 1979, 10). altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-tung,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Tungus etymology :
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Proto-Tungus-Manchu: *iarga
Meaning: leopard
Russian meaning: леопард
Spoken Manchu: jarǝhǝ (2220)
Literary Manchu: jarGa / jarχa, jerxe
Jurchen: jara (148)
Comments: ТМС 1, 337, 355. tunget-prnum,tunget-meaning,tunget-rusmean,tunget-sib,tunget-man,tunget-chu,tunget-nan,tunget-ude,tunget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *írhì
Meaning: wolf
Russian meaning: волк
Modern Korean: iri
Middle Korean: írhì
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