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Where does “viren” come from?

viren (Galician) comes from Galician virar, from Old French virer, from Latin vibrāre, from Proto-Indo-European weyb- — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.

viren (Galician): third-person plural future subjunctive of ver;...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural future subjunctive of ver;...

Ancestry of “viren”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianvirarto turn, rotate; to turn upside down; to become;...
2Old Frenchvirerto turn, veer
3Latinvibrāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyb-to oscillate; swing; rotate, move
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