Where does “vërë” come from?

vërë (Proto-Samic) comes from Proto-Albanian werā, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wer- — broad.

vërë (Proto-Samic): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “vërë”, step by step

vërë traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Albanian werā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianwerāto hang
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wer-broad

via Proto-Uralic wëre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Uralicwërepeak

via Proto-Finno-Ugric were

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finno-Ugricwere—

Words derived from “vërë”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁wer- →Every word from Proto-Albanian werā →