Where does “Vampir” come from?

Vampir (German) comes from Serbo-Croatian vàmpīr, from Proto-Slavic ǫpyrь — vampire.

Vampir (German): vampire

Definitions

  1. vampire

Ancestry of “Vampir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvàmpīrvampire
2Proto-Slavicǫpyrьvampire

Words derived from “Vampir”

Every word from Proto-Slavic ǫpyrь →
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