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Where does “vjera” come from?

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

vjera (Serbo-Croatian): faith

Definitions

  1. faith

Ancestry of “vjera”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vjera”

  • povjerovati
  • vjerovati
  • povjerenje
  • vjeridba
  • vjeroispovijed
  • vjeriti
  • vjerojatan
  • vjerski
  • uvjeriti
  • vjerenički
  • vjeran
  • vjerenik
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