From род (rod, “people”) + -о- (-o-) + ве́ра (véra, “faith”) + -ие (-ije, suffix forming abstract nouns). Compare Ukrainian ріднові́р'я (ridnovírʺja).
The earliest usage of this term was in 1964 by the Ukrainian emigree Lev Sylenko. The standard, non-compound form of this word was adopted in 1997 by the Union of Slavic Native Belief Communities, while the portmanteau itself was popularised in 1999 by the volkhv Veleslav.
роднове́рие • (rodnovérije) n inan (genitive роднове́рия, uncountable)
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nominative | роднове́рие rodnovérije |
genitive | роднове́рия rodnovérija |
dative | роднове́рию rodnovériju |
accusative | роднове́рие rodnovérije |
instrumental | роднове́рием rodnovérijem |
prepositional | роднове́рии rodnovérii |