Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verti

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

edit

Etymology

edit

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wérˀtei, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer-.

Slavic may have inherited two synchronic forms from the same root:

  • thematic present with fixed accent;
  • athematic sigmatic aorist with mobile.

Verb

edit

*vertì[1]

  1. to shove, to thrust, to prod
    Synonyms: *pьxati, *sovati

Inflection

edit
  • Intensive vŗddhi-form in derivatives: *-virati

Derived terms

edit

Descendants

edit
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: вере́ть (verétʹ) (obsolete)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: wrzeć (to squeeze, press)

References

edit
  1. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrẹ́ti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:*verti̋, sed. *vьrǫ̋

Further reading

edit
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вера́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вра”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 177