Where does “virsu” come from?
virsu (Finnish) comes from Old East Slavic *вьрзъ.
virsu (Finnish): birchbark shoe shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone
Definitions
- birchbark shoe shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone
Ancestry of “virsu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | *вьрзъ | — |