Where does “verenik” come from?
verenik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian vȅra, 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-.
verenik (Serbo-Croatian): fiancé
Ancestry of “verenik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | vȅra | faith |
| 2 | Italian | vera | wedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;... |
| 3 | Italian | -mente | -wise, -ly, -ally |
| 4 | Latin | mente | ablative singular of mēns |
| 5 | Latin | mēns | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | mentis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méntis | thought |
| 8 | Indo-European | *men- | — |