Where does “veprovac” come from?
veprovac (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian vèprina, from Serbo-Croatian vȅpar, from Proto-Slavic veprь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic weprios, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ep-r-.
veprovac (Serbo-Croatian): arnica
Ancestry of “veprovac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | vèprina | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | vȅpar | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | veprь | boar, wild boar |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | weprios | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ep-r- | — |