karhu.
bear (large omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae)
Meaning & usage
bear (large omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae)
brown bear, Ursus arctos
creditor
creditor taxman
bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices)
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *karhu, probably derived from *karhëda; equivalent to karhea (“rough, coarse”) + -u. Originally a euphemism for *okci (whence oksi, ohto, and otso). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Swedish björn and sense 4 from English bear.
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