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Where does “vrsta” come from?

vrsta (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic vьrsta, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vrsta (Serbo-Croatian): kind, sort; species; variety

Definitions

  1. kind, sort; species; variety

Ancestry of “vrsta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvьrstarow, line, age, kind
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “vrsta”

  • vrstan
  • svrstati
  • uvrstiti
  • izvrstan
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