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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ortь

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-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”)[1] + *-tь. Compare Latvian errueties (“get angry”).

Other Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarrel”), ἐρίζω (erízō, “to challenge, to dispute”) and Sanskrit ऋति (ṛti, “attack”).

Noun

*ortь f[1]

  1. war, battle
    Synonyms: *bitva, *bitъka, *vojьna

Declension

Derived terms

  • *ortiti (“to battle”)
    • *ortišče (“spear, skewer”)
  • *ortovati (“to fight, to stand for”)
  • *ortьnъ (“combatant”)
    • *ortьnikъ (“warrior”)
  • *ernь (“malice”)
  • *ertь (“contest”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: раць (racʹ)
    • Russian: рать (ratʹ)
    • Ukrainian: рать (ratʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic: рать (ratĭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱃⰰⱅⱐ (ratĭ)
    • Bulgarian: рат (rat)
    • Macedonian: рат (rat)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: ра̏т
      Latin: rȁt
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: rať

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ortь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 376: “f. i ‘war, battle’”
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