Where does “urus” come from?

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

urus (English): The aurochs

Definitions

  1. The aurochs

Ancestry of “urus”, 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 →