Etymology

zubr

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Today it means: One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use. Full definition →

First used the 1820s onwardsPolish żubr ← Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ ← Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ǵómbʰos“tooth, horn, peg”
  2. Proto-Slavic · derived from*zǫbrъ
  3. Polish · borrowed fromżubr
  4. English todayzubr

From Polish żubr, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, horn, peg”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos all →

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First known use, by meaning

  • from the 1820s onwards One of several species of European bison or aurochs, which were unclearly delineated in the 1800s when this sense was in use.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.