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Where does “вѣровати” come from?

вѣровати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic věrovati, from Proto-Slavic věra, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.

Ancestry of “вѣровати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvěrovati—
2Proto-Slavicvěrafaith, belief
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →