lācis
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- bear mammal, especially Ursus arctos
- (figuratively) bear a clumsy, sluggish, heavy person, also, a very strong, heavily build
Etymology
Inherited from *talk- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tel-k-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tel-k-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arctogaeal English
- arctophile English
- ursid English
- *ussus Latin
- Urseius Latin
- ursa Latin
- ursinus Latin
- ursus Latin
- orso Italian
- ours French
- σταφυλή Ancient Greek
- ἀνταρκτικός Ancient Greek
- ἀρκτικός Ancient Greek
- ἄρκιον Ancient Greek
- ἄρκτος Ancient Greek
- *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Proto-Indo-European
- *tel-k- Proto-Indo-European
- urso Portuguese
- ऋक्ष Sanskrit
- urs Old French
- urso Esperanto
- ós Catalan, Valencian
- urs Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ฤกษ์ Thai
- άρκτος Greek (modern)
- arctos Translingual
- ledus Latvian
- leduslācis Latvian
- lācene Latvian
- lācēns Latvian
- polārlācis Latvian
- polārs Latvian
- արջ Old Armenian
- *artos Proto-Celtic
- accha Pali
- issa Pali
- ઋક્ષજિહ્વ Gujarati
- *Hrtća Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *Hŕ̥ćšas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- ursu Aromanian
- ors Occitan
- *orssos Proto-Italic
- uors Romansh
- urs Romansh
- ors Friulian
- lokys Lithuanian
- *Hŕ̥ṭṣas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- ursu Sicilian
- 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 Sauraseni Prakrit
- 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 Maharastri Prakrit
- *artsa Proto-Albanian
- ἀρκούδα gkm
- ਰਿੱਛ Panjabi, Punjabi
- रिहस Old Marathi
- 𑘨𑘱𑘮𑘭 Old Marathi
- lors Ladin
- *árktos Proto-Hellenic
- onso Aragonese
- luocs Latgalian
- *talk- bat-pro
- ایݜ Torwali
- रिख Garhwali
- *ī́ṭṣa Proto-Dardic
- inčeṛi Savi
- άρκος Pontic Greek