ferr
Old Irish
/fʲer͈/
comparative adjective
Definitions
- better, best
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *werros inherited 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
- verruca English
- varix Latin
- verres Latin
- verro Latin
- verruca Latin
- verrucosus Latin
- verrūca Latin
- verruca Italian
- verrue French
- verruga Spanish, Castilian
- ἔρρω Ancient Greek
- *h₁elk- Proto-Indo-European
- *upo Proto-Indo-European
- *wers- Proto-Indo-European
- barocco Portuguese
- barroco Portuguese
- verruga Portuguese
- *wartǭ Proto-Germanic
- *werrō Proto-Germanic
- ऋषभ Sanskrit
- fara Irish
- fearr Irish
- *vorxъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrxъ Proto-Slavic
- veruko Esperanto
- beregată Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vērsis Latvian
- is ferr Old Irish
- feàrr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- véthue Norman
- *verroccon Proto-Celtic
- *weris Proto-Celtic
- *werros Proto-Celtic
- *wes Proto-Celtic
- врьхъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- съврьшити Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- *wiršus Proto-Balto-Slavic