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Where does “vrba” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vrba”, 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 “vrba”

  • vrbovina
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