Where does “worβis” come from?

worβis (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European werbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “worβis”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Proto-Indo-European	werbʰ-	to enclose
2	Proto-Indo-European	werb-	to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
3	Proto-Indo-European	wer-	to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “worβis”

urban
Urban
suburbs
suburban
suburb
urbanization
urbanity
urbane
urbanism
suburbia
suburbanization
interurban
urbanist
urbanely
conurbation
urbanite
nonurban
suburbanite
urbanistic
semiurban
urbanicity
urbanize
antiurban
intraurban

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