The story
- Proto-Slavic · derived from*versъ“heather”
- Ukrainian · derived fromверес“heather”
- Ukrainian · borrowed fromВерес
- Hungarian · derived fromveres“red”
- Romanian · derived fromVereș
- Hungarian · borrowed fromVeres
- English todayVeres
# From Hungarian Veres or Romanian Vereș, both from Hungarian veres (“red”). # From Ukrainian Верес (Veres), from Ukrainian верес (veres, “heather”), from Proto-Slavic *versъ (“heather”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.