Where does “vrsta” come from?

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

vrsta (Slovene): queue, line; type; kind, sort

Definitions

  1. queue, line; type; kind, sort

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vьrsta →
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