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Where does “verteno” come from?

verteno (Proto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verteno (Proto-Slavic): spindle

Definitions

  1. spindle

Ancestry of “verteno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “verteno”

  • веретено́
  • веретено
  • värttinähermo
  • värttinäluu
  • värttinä
  • wrzeciono
  • vreteno
  • вретено
  • вретено
  • wrjeśeno
  • веретено
  • wrjećeno
  • vritenĕ
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