[vīr], adj.; m. heroic; a hero.
[←OIA vīrá- m. ʻman, hero, sonʼ RV., ʻmale of an animalʼ AV., vīraká- m. ʻlittle manʼ RV. ◀PIE *u̯ī̆ro-s ‘man; warrior’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. werewolf, world ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. virile, virtue ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 1209; (Turner, 1966) 12056; (MW, 1899) 1005; (Pokorny, 1959) 1177; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.569
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