Masculí
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ursus

Significat (Anglès)

a bear

Conceptes

Sinònims

catulus ursi

ursi catulus

ursulus

urßus

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[ˈʊr.sʊs]
Etimologia (Anglès)

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *orssos Latin ursus From Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). The initial u- is unexpected, and may have arisen as a taboo distortion. For the outcome s of original *tḱ compare sinō. Doublet of Arctos.

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