Where does “вретено” come from?

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

вретено (Serbo-Croatian): spindle

Definitions

  1. spindle

Ancestry of “вретено”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvertenospindle
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic verteno →