Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrtъpъ
Proto-Slavic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAccording to Georgiev (BER), probably an ancient compound word from *vьrtěti + the descendant of Proto-Balto-Slavic *upas, *upis (“flowing water”) (cf. Russian Упа (Upa, “r. Upa”) (hydronym), Вопь (Vopʹ, “r. Vop”) (hydronym), Lithuanian ùpė (“river”), Latvian upe (“spring, water”)). This etymology however fails to explain the additional meanings “garden” and “cave, depression”. Per Vasmer, cognate with Lithuanian veriù, vérti (“close, lock up”)
Noun
edit*vьrtъpъ m
- whirlpool (in Bulgarian)
- cave, depression (in East Slavic, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian)
- garden (in Old Church Slavonic)
Declension
editDeclension of *vьrtъpъ (hard o-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | *vьrtъpъ | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpi |
genitive | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpu | *vьrtъpъ |
dative | *vьrtъpu | *vьrtъpoma | *vьrtъpomъ |
accusative | *vьrtъpъ | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpy |
instrumental | *vьrtъpъmь, *vьrtъpomь* | *vьrtъpoma | *vьrtъpy |
locative | *vьrtъpě | *vьrtъpu | *vьrtъpěxъ |
vocative | *vьrtъpe | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
edit- *vьrtъ, *vortъ (“turn, revolution, arc”)
- *vьrtežь (“rotation, arcing”)
- *vortъ (“neck”)
- *vьrtъ, *vьrtogordъ (“garden”)
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вертеп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въртоп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 212
- вертеп in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrtep”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si