Where does “vȅra” come from?

vȅra (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian vera, from Italian -mente, from Latin mente, from Latin mēns, from Proto-Italic mentis, from Proto-Indo-European méntis, from Indo-European *men-.

vȅra (Serbo-Croatian): faith

Definitions

  1. faith

Ancestry of “vȅra”, step by step

vȅra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian vera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianverawedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...
2Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
3Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
4Latinmēnsmind
5Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
7Indo-European*men-—

via Proto-Slavic věra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvěrafaith, belief
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true

Words derived from “vȅra”

Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →