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Where does “ūr” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ūr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicūrazaurochs
2Proto-Indo-Europeanūsr-aurochs; buffalo
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