Where does “ur” come from?

ur (Catalan) comes from Latin ūrus, from Proto-Germanic ūraz, from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- — aurochs; buffalo.

ur (Catalan): aurochs (Bos primigenius)

Definitions

  1. aurochs (Bos primigenius)

Ancestry of “ur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinūrusaurochs (Bos primigenius)
2Proto-Germanicūrazaurochs
3Proto-Indo-Europeanūsr-aurochs; buffalo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūraz →Every word from Latin ūrus →