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Where does “verpus” come from?

verpus (Latin) comes from Latin verpa, from Proto-Indo-European welw-, from Proto-Indo-European wēlH-, from Proto-Indo-European welH- — to turn, to wind.

verpus (Latin): erect, hard; circumcised; A circumcised person, a...

Definitions

  1. erect, hard; circumcised; A circumcised person, a...

Ancestry of “verpus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverpaa penis, especially when erect; a hard-on, a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwelw-hair, wool, grass, ear , forest; to turn, wind,...
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanwēlH-—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwelH-to turn, to wind
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