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Where does “vjedro” come from?

vjedro (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic vědro, from Proto-Indo-European wódr̥, from Proto-Indo-European wed-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

vjedro (Serbo-Croatian): bucket; pail

Definitions

  1. bucket; pail

Ancestry of “vjedro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvědrobucket, pail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwódr̥water
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwed-water
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
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