Where does “вѣровати” come from?

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

вѣровати (Old East Slavic): to believe

Definitions

  1. to believe

Ancestry of “вѣровати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвѣроватиbelieve
2Proto-Slavicvěrovatito believe
3Proto-Slavicvěrafaith, belief
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros →Every word from Proto-Slavic věra →