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Where does “vȅtar” come from?

vȅtar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic větrъ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

Ancestry of “vȅtar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvětrъwind
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “vȅtar”

  • vetrina
  • vetreuška
  • vetrovit
  • vetrenjast
  • vetrić
  • vetrenjak
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