Where does “vepre” come from?

vepre (Italian) comes from Latin vepres, from Proto-Indo-European werp-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vepre (Italian): thornbush

Definitions

  1. thornbush

Ancestry of “vepre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvepresbramble, thornbush; briar bush
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwerp-to bend
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werp- →Every word from Latin vepres →