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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

Etymology

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

Slavic may have inherited two separate forms from the same root: thematic present with mobile accent and athematic root-aorist with fixed.

Verb

*vertì[1]

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

Inflection
Conjugation of *verti, *ver, *vьretь (impf., -C-, s-aorist, accent paradigm c)
Verbal noun Infinitive Supine L-participle
*vьrtьje *verti *vertъ *vьrlъ
Participles
Tense Past Present
Passive *vьrtъ *vьromъ
Active *vьrъ *vьry
Aorist Present
Person 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Singular *verxъ*ver*ver *vьrǫ*vьreši*vьretь
Dual *verxově*versta*verste *vьrevě*vьreta*vьrete
Plural *verxomъ*verste*veršę *vьremъ*vьrete*vьrǫtь
Imperfect Imperative
Person 1st2nd3rd 1st2nd3rd
Singular *vьrěaxъ*vьrěaše*vьrěaše —*vьri*vьri
Dual *vьrěaxově*vьrěašeta*vьrěašete *vьrěvě*vьrěta—
Plural *vьrěaxomъ*vьrěašete*vьrěaxǫ *vьrěmъ*vьrěte—
    Notes:
  • (*)*vьrenъ is doublet of past passive participle
  • Intensive vŗddhi-form in derivatives: *-virati

Derived terms
  • *jьzverti, *vyverti
  • *naverti
  • *otъverti
  • *proverti
  • *sъverti
  • *vъverti
  • *uverti
  • *zaverti
  • *verěja (“gatepost”)
  • *verťa (“sack”)
  • *-vorъ, *-vora
    • *ob(v)orъ (“barn”), *ob(v)ora (“string”)
    • *otъvorъ (“opening”)
    • *sъvora (“staple”)
    • *zavorъ (“closure”)

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Russian: вере́ть (verétʹ) (obsolete)
      • ⇒ Russian: вера́ть (verátʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: врѣти (vrěti)
    • Bulgarian: вра́ (vrá)
    • Slovene: vẹ́rti (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: wrzeć (“to squeeze, press”)

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

Further reading
  • 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), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 177
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