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

Definitions

  1. fiancé

Ancestry of “verenik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianvȅrafaith
2Italianverawedding ring, wedding band; puteal, wellhead;...
3Italian-mente-wise, -ly, -ally
4Latinmenteablative singular of mēns
5Latinmēnsmind
6Proto-Italicmentismind, thought
7Proto-Indo-Europeanméntisthought
8Indo-European*men-—
Every word from Indo-European *men- →Every word from Italian -mente →Every word from Proto-Indo-European méntis →