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Where does “повјеровати” come from?

повјеровати (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian вјеровати, from Serbo-Croatian вје̏ра, from Proto-Slavic věra, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.

повјеровати (Serbo-Croatian): to believe

Definitions

  1. to believe

Ancestry of “повјеровати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianвјероватиto believe; to trust; to believe, hold
2Serbo-Croatianвје̏раfaith
3Proto-Slavicvěrafaith, belief
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →