Where does “Veres” come from?
Veres (English) comes from Romanian Vereș, from Hungarian vörös, from Hungarian véres, from Hungarian vér, from Proto-Uralic wëre — peak.
Ancestry of “Veres”, step by step
Veres traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian Vereș
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Vereș | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | vörös | red |
| 3 | Hungarian | véres | bloody |
| 4 | Hungarian | vér | blood |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | wëre | peak |
via Ukrainian верес
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | верес | heather |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | vȇrsъ | heather |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | werḱ- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |