Where does “οὐρά” come from?

οὐρά (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European ors- — tail.

οὐρά (Ancient Greek): the tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...

Definitions

  1. the tail, of a lion, dog etc; the rear-guard,...

Ancestry of “οὐρά”, step by step

οὐρά traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ors-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanors-tail

via Proto-Indo-European h₁orsos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁orsosarse

Words derived from “οὐρά

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ors-