Where does “oorso” come from?
oorso (Somali) comes from Italian orso, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.
oorso (Somali): bear
Ancestry of “oorso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | orso | "Feminine:" orsa; bear |
| 2 | Latin | ursus | a bear |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *orsos | — |