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Where does “veriti” come from?

veriti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic věriti, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁ros, from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- — true.

veriti (Serbo-Croatian): to engage; to betroth

Definitions

  1. to engage; to betroth

Ancestry of “veriti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvěriti—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁rostrue
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweh₁-true
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weh₁- →