Where does “oorso” come from?

oorso (Somali) comes from Italian orso, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos.

oorso (Somali): bear

Definitions

  1. bear

Ancestry of “oorso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianorso"Feminine:" orsa; bear
2Latinursusa bear
3Proto-Italic*orsos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *orsos →Every word from Latin ursus →Every word from Italian orso →
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