This isn’t really true though. Although many IE langauges don’t use a descendant of *h₂r̥ktos, plenty of languages do, e.g. French ours, Albanian ari, Greek άρκτος, Welsh arth etc.
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Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 3 weeks agoFun fact, the original word for bear has been lost because people refused to mention them directly - like Voldemort
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FishFace@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
All original words have been lost because language changes…