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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *(e)wer-, *wrē- (Gr heur-)
Meaning: to find
Armenian: gerem `nehme gefangen, nehme fort, raube'
Old Greek: heu̯rískō, ft. heu̯rḗsō, pf. héu̯rēka, -ēmai̯, aor. heu̯rẹ̄̂n, aor. pass. heu̯rethē̂nai̯ `finden', heu̯retǟ́-s m. `Erfinder', héu̯rēma n. `Fund', héu̯resi-s `Erfindung', pl. héu̯retra n. `Finderlohn', heu̯retó- `zu finden'
Celtic: *wewra: OIr fuar `inveni', *wrēto-: frīth `inwentum est'
Russ. meaning: найти
References: WP I 280
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 2165
Root: u̯er-4
English meaning: to find, take
German meaning: `finden, nehmen'
General comments: neben u̯erē(i)-, u̯ērī-
Material: Arm. gerem `nehme gefangen, raube';

    gr. (mit unklarem ευ wie bei εὐρύς, 8. u̯er-; Aspiration nach ἑλει̃ν) εὑρί̄σκω `finde' (Quantität des ι: unbekannt), εὑρή-σω, εὕρη-κα (*έ-ρη-), εὗρον, εὑρέ-θην, εὑρε-τής;

    air. fūar `invēni' (*u̯e-u̯r-a), frīth `inventum est' (*u̯rē-to-);

    *u̯rēt- in lit. su-rė̃sti, sùrėčau `erwischen, fassen', aksl. obrěsti `finden', sъ-rěsti `antreffen, begegnen', Aor. -rětъ (Präs. -ręštǫ), ob-ręšta `Erfindung'.

References: WP. I 280, Vasmer 2, 244, Frisk 589 f.
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