Where does “ūr” come from?

ūr (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic ūr, from Proto-Germanic ūraz, from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- — aurochs; buffalo.

ūr (Old English): aurochs

Definitions

  1. aurochs

Ancestry of “ūr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicūraurochs
2Proto-Germanicūrazaurochs
3Proto-Indo-Europeanūsr-aurochs; buffalo

Words derived from “ūr”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ūsr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic ūr →
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