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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/variti

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 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wārīˀtei / *wōrīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *wōr- (“to burn”) (Černyx), *werH- (Snoj) or *werh₁- (Derksen). Cognate with Latvian vārīt.

Compare also Old Armenian վառել (vaṙel), English warm.

Verb

*varìti impf[1][2][3]

  1. to boil, cook
Conjugation

Accent paradigm c (b?).

Descendants
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*variti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 512: “(c (b?)) ‘boil, cook’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “1variti: varjǫ varitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c koge (PR 139)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “variti”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vari̋ti”

Etymology 2

Perhaps[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover, to envelop”), cognate with Sanskrit वारयति (vārayati, “to conceal, to capture, to prohibit”) and akin to Lithuanian varýti (“to chase”), Sanskrit वरते (varate, “to surround, to keep back”), Proto-Germanic *warjaną (“to ward off, to defend”), Proto-Germanic *warōną (“to overwatch, to be aware of”).

Verb

*variti impf[2]

  1. to go ahead, to overtake, to take a lead
  2. to accomplish, complete in time
Alternative forms
  • *vařati (intensive)
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • *varъkъ (“fast, rushing”)
    • *varъkostь (“rushing, hurrying”)
  • *pervara (“competition”)
  • *provoriti (“to multitask”)
    • *provorьnъ (“brisk, expeditious”)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: варити (variti, “to haste”), прѣдъварити (prědŭvariti, “to anticipate”)
    • Bulgarian: ва́ря (várja, “to compete”) (only reflexive), ва́ркам (várkam, “to haste, to rush”) (dialectal)
      • ⇒ Bulgarian: изпрева́ря (izprevárja), надпрева́ря (nadprevárja), сва́ря (svárja), зава́ря (zavárja, “to encounter”)
    • Macedonian: -вари (-vari)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: vařiti (dialectal)
Further reading

References

  1. K. Borisov, A. Shaposhnikov (2018), “Русско-санскритские этимологические этюды”, in Proceedings of the V. V. Vinogradov Russian Language Institute, No. 18‎, page 33-72: “Русск. варити, варяти ~ санскр. várati, vāráyati”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “2variti: varjǫ varitь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c gå imøde (PR 139)”
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