Asturian escuridá, Portuguese obscuridade, French obscurité, Italian oscurità
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Portuguese obscuro, Galician escuro, Catalan obscur, French obscur, Italian oscuro, Eastern Vulgar Latin: Aromanian scur, Romanian obscur, Sardinian iscuru
Gothic skeirs "bright," Old Norse skírr 'id.'
Ancient Greek σκίρον (skíron) "shady," meaning uncertain
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Asturian -osu, Portuguese -oso, Catalan -ós, French -eux, Italian -oso, Aromanian -os, Romanian -os, Sardinian -oso
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Asturian osu, Portuguese usso, Galician oso, Catalan ós, French ours, Italian orso, Aromanian ursu, Romanian urs, Sardinian ursu
Old Irish art "bear," "hero," Middle Welsh arth "bear," Old Breton Ard-, Arth- 'id.,' Gaulish Artio, bear goddess
Albanian arí "bear"
Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos) "bear"
Armenian arǰ "bear"
Sanskrit ŕ̥kṣa- "bear," Young Avestan arša 'id.'
As de Vaan (2014) points out, the word was heavily subjected to taboo distortion, as it was forbidden to speak the name of the bear during a hunt. Thus the word is phonologically warped. The appurtanance of Latin ursus is difficult to explain, Proto-Italic *orsso- should yield **orsus; furthermore, Proto-Italic *orsso- is difficult to explain because Proto-Indo-European *h2rtḱo- should yield **arsso-.
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French octroyer, Italian otriare
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Asturian otru, Portuguese outro, Galician outro, Catalan altre, French autre, Italian altro, Aromanian altu, Romanian alt, Sardinian àteru
Oscan alttram "the other"
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