EAR

Avestan word for ears "ušī" proves that Avestan people had their roots not in other Indo-European tribes but in Balto-Slavic or rather Proto-Slavic tribes. Russian, Serbian, Bosnian, Polish and Croatian name for ears is exactly the same "уши (uši)".

US-

Avestan: ušī ("ears, inner hearing")

Czech: uši ("ears")

Slovakian: uši ("ears")

Russian: уши (uši) ("ears")

Serbo-Croatian: uši ("ears")

Bulgarian: ушите (ušite) ("ears")

Old Armenian: ուշ (uš) ("consciousness, intelligence")

Old Persian: ušiy ("consciousness, intelligence")

Polish: uszy ("ears")

Tajik: ҳӯш (hüš)

UH-

Old East Slavic: ухо (uho)

Russian: у́хо (úho)

Old Church Slavonic: оухо (uho)

Bulgarian: ухо́ (uhó)

Serbo-Croatian: у̏хо, у̏во, ȕho, ȕvo

Slovene: uhọ̑

Czech: ucho

Kashubian: ùchò

Polish: ucho

Slovak: ucho

U-

Föhr: uar

Helgoland: Uaar

Hallig, Mooring: uur

Vilamovian: ür

VUH-

Ukrainian: ву́хо (vúho)

Belarusian: ву́ха (vúha)

Macedonian: уво (uvo)

Slovincian: vʉ̃χɵ

Lower Sorbian: wucho

Upper Sorbian: wucho

AU-

Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍉 (ausō)

Latvian: auss

Lithuanian: ausis

Old Prussian: āusins

Latin: auris

Old Irish: áu

A-

Finnish: ansa

Old Armenian: ականջք (akanǰkʿ)

Old Frisian: āre

Westrobothnian: aar

Greek: αυτί (aftí)

Old Prussian: ansis ("hook, latch")

Old Lithuanian: ąsa (ansa) ("ear of cup, handle")

Lithuanian: ąsa ("ear of cup, handle")

Latin: ansa ("handle")

Italian: ansa ("handle, curve or bend in a river, loop, coil")

OS-

Ancient Greek: οὖς (oûs)

Doric Greek: ὦς (ôs)

Book Pahlavi: ʾwš /ōš/, ʾwšy /ōši/

Avestan: gaoshem (gaošem)

HOS-

Central Kurdish: ھۆش‎ (hōš)

Manichaean: hwš /hōš/

Persian: هوش‎ (hôš)

OR-

Saterland Frisian: Oor

Old Saxon: ōra

Middle Low German: ôre

Low German: Or, Ohr, Ur

Old Dutch: ōra

Middle Dutch: ore, oor

Dutch: oor

Afrikaans: oor

Old High German: ōra

Middle High German: ōre, ōr

German: Ohr, Öhr

Faroese: oyra

Norwegian Nynorsk: øyra, øyre

Old Gutnish: oyra

Gutnish: åire

Norwegian Bokmål: øre

Old Swedish: ø̄ra

Swedish: öra, öör

Old Danish: ø̄ræ

Danish: øre

Scanian: ǿra

Westrobothnian: öir, ooir, åir

O-

Middle Irish: ó

Plautdietsch: Oa, Ua

Luxembourgish: Ouer

E-

Old English: ēare

Middle English: ere

English: ear

West Frisian: ear

Old Norse: eyra

Icelandic: eyra

Elfdalian: ära

OtHer

Albanian: vesh

Northern Kurdish: hiş

Scythian: gaosa

Article published on the 30th of October 2018.