wijrs

• wirs

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wī́ˀras, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós. Baltic cognates include Lithuanian vyras, Latvian vīrs. Other Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit वीर (vīrá), Latin vir, Old Irish fer, Old Norse verr, Ossetian ир (ir, “Ossetians”).

wijrs

1. man (adult male human)

   Synonym: smoy

   Antonym: genno

• Mažiulis, Vytautas (1997) “wijrs”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian]‎^[1] (in Lithuanian), volume 4, Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, pages 246-247