>It’s a storm on the Croatian coast that comes suddenly and doesn’t last long

That would be neverin.

Nevera is a storm/thunderstorm in the Adriatic in general, not necessarily a short lasting one.

I wonder what the etymology is. Sounds superficially like "neve", Italian for snow, but it doesn't sound like it's an actual snowstorm.

>I wonder what the etymology is.

Yep, it's of Romance origin, etymological dictionaries list it as originating in Venetian nevèra, with an understandable semantic shift.

Same thing? The root of the word seems to be disbelief ne + vjera

>Same thing?

I was commenting on the "short lasting" part (and the nuances between neverin vs nevera, first one being for "short lasting" storms/thunderstorms, the latter being more generic).

>The root of the word seems to be disbelief ne + vjera

The word is completely unrelated to disbelief, it's of Venetian origin (< nevèra, meaning snow blizzard).