Etymology

A z- prefixed form of varrë, from Proto-Albanian *varsa, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ers ‎(“to drag on the ground”). Compare Hittite u̯arš ‎(“pluck, reap”), Ancient Greek ἔρρω ‎(érrhō, “go away, disappear”), Latin verro ‎(“to drag, to sweep”), Old Norse vǫrr ‎(“stroke”), Latvian vârsms ‎(“heap of corn, grain”)^[1].