Where does “virsa” come from?

virsa (Latvian) comes from Romanian vârșă, from Serbo-Croatian vrša, from Proto-Slavic vьrša — fishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers.

virsa (Latvian): top; surface

Definitions

  1. top; surface

Ancestry of “virsa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvârșănet for fishing; bow net; eelpout net
2Serbo-Croatianvršafish-trap
3Proto-Slavicvьršafishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers

Words derived from “virsa”

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