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Where does “vèslo” come from?

vèslo (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic veslo, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ-tlom / weǵʰ-s-lom, from Proto-Indo-European weǵʰ- — to bring; to transport.

Ancestry of “vèslo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicveslooar
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-tlom / weǵʰ-s-lom—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweǵʰ-to bring; to transport

Words derived from “vèslo”

  • vesalce
  • veslački
  • veslar
  • veslarica
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