Checking pulse over the carotid artery. To check your pulse over your carotid artery, place your index and middle fingers on your neck to the side of your windpipe. When you feel your pulse, look at your watch and count the number of beats in 10 seconds. Multiply this number by 6 to get your heart rate per minute.
Vera [ve-ra]â¼ as a girls' name is pronounced VEER-ah. It is of Russian and Slavic origin, and the meaning of Vera is faith. Also sometimes associated with the Latin word verus meaning truth, and can also be derived from Albanian ver meaning summer. Nickname for Guinevere and Veronica. The name was used by two popular novelists in the late 19th century.
Etymonline also notes that nanna is also a Greek word for aunt. Grandma has similar origins. The word mama is a child's form of mother. In languages like German and English, the parents of one's parents have the grand-prefix applied to create their names. The original form of grandma was grandmama (18th century, OED).