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весе

“весе” is an Erzya word. Its 3 meanings in English:

pronoun

  1. everything, all
  2. everyone, everybody, all

adjective

  1. whole, entire, all

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *veśə, inherited from Proto-Uralic *we(ń)ćɜ (“every, all, whole”). Cognate with Udmurt воч (voć), Komi-Zyrian вач (vać). Possibly also cognate with Hungarian össze (“together”). The Uralic word may in turn be borrowed from Indo-Iranian; compare Proto-Iranian *wícwah (“all, every; whole”). Alternative theories suggest a later borrowing from Proto-Slavic *vьśь or a derivation…

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