vērsis
Latvian
noun
Definitions
- ox (male cattle, usually castrated, often used as a beast of burden)
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wers-
Gloss
confuse, thresh, mix up, beat, peak, drag on the ground, highland, strong, male, manly, high, drag along the ground
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
雄
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *verrōne(m) Latin
- varix Latin
- verres Latin
- verro Latin
- verruca Latin
- verrēs Latin
- verrūca Latin
- berrinche Spanish, Castilian
- verraco Spanish, Castilian
- ἔρρω Ancient Greek
- *h₁elk- Proto-Indo-European
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- *wartǭ Proto-Germanic
- *werrō Proto-Germanic
- ऋषभ Sanskrit
- *vorxъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrxъ Proto-Slavic
- ver Old French
- vier Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- resns Latvian
- resnums Latvian
- *werros Proto-Celtic
- *wes Proto-Celtic
- съврьшити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *wiršus Proto-Balto-Slavic