Where does “ursișor” come from?

ursișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian urs, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

Ancestry of “ursișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianursbear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—
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