voras

voras

1. present of vori

vorās

1. second-person singular present active indicative of vorō

Cognate with Latvian vâris (“spider”). Further etymology unclear.

• Smoczyński proposed a connection with Lithuanian vérti (“to thread, to string”), although this is disputed by Witzcak due to unexplained phonological changes.
• Another theory is that it is connected to Latin vārus (“bow-legged”), Latin vāricus (“with feet spread apart”), as spiders have inwardly curved legs that are spaced apart.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋɔːɾɐs]

vóras m (plural vorai̇̃) stress pattern 3

1. spider

• voragyvis
• voratinklis

• “voras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “voras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012