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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrtěti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wirtḗˀtei, *wirstei from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥t-, from Proto-Indo-European *wert-.

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian vir̃sti (to fall, to collapse), 1sg. virčiù, Latvian vḕrst (to direct, to steer), Old Prussian wīrst (becomes, 3sg.). Indo-European cognates include Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, to turn, to roll), Latin vertō (to turn), Proto-Germanic *werþaną (to become).

Verb

*vьrtě̀ti

  1. to turn

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вьртѣти (vĭrtěti)
      • Old Ruthenian: вертѣти (vertěti)
        • Belarusian: вярце́ць (vjarcjécʹ)
        • Ukrainian: верті́ти (vertíty)
      • Russian: верте́ть (vertétʹ)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: vrtěti
    • Old Polish: wiercieć
    • Slovak: vrtieť
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: wjerćić
      • Lower Sorbian: wjerśeś

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 539
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “верте́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “верте́ть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 144
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