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virsu.

birchbark shoe (shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋirsu/[ˈʋirs̠u]
  1. birchbark shoe (shoe made by weaving strips of birchbark, used earlier in Scandinavia and elsewhere in the boreal forest zone)

    plural-normally
  2. bast shoe; one of a pair of lapti (similar shoe made of bast, used chiefly in more temperate regions where bast is readily available)

    plural-normally
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old East Slavic *вьрзъ (*vĭrzŭ).

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