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Where does “virsma” come from?

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

virsma (Latvian): surface

Definitions

  1. surface

Ancestry of “virsma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianvirsatop; surface
2Romanianvârșă—
3Serbo-Croatianvršafish-trap
4Proto-Slavicvьršafishing basket, fishing trap made of osiers
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