Where does “vŕba” come from?

vŕba (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic vьrba, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vŕba (Serbo-Croatian): willow

Definitions

  1. willow

Ancestry of “vŕba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvьrbawillow
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vŕba”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European werb- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrba →