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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