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Where does “vet” come from?
vet (Ingrian) comes from Russian ведь, from Old East Slavic вѣдѣ.
vet
(Ingrian): after all
Definitions
after all
Ancestry of “vet”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Russian
ведь
after all; indeed, surely; why, well
2
Old East Slavic
вѣдѣ
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