Where does “širšuo” come from?

širšuo (Lithuanian) comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic śiršō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂s-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- — head, top; horn.

Ancestry of “širšuo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicśiršōhornet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂s-head; hornet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱerh₂-head, top; horn

Words derived from “širšuo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱerh₂s- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic śiršō →