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Where does “veker” come from?

veker (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Wecker, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

veker (Serbo-Croatian): alarm clock

Definitions

  1. alarm clock

Ancestry of “veker”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanWeckeralarm clock; person with the duty of waking one...
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āri—
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-ārius—
7Proto-Italic*-āzios—

Words derived from “veker”

  • vekerica
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →