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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorgъ

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 *wargás (“foe, enemy”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *Hwergʰ- (“to commit a crime”).

Noun

*vȏrgъ m[1][2][3][4]

  1. foe, enemy
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *vorgovati (“to be in hostile relation”)
  • *voržьda (“animosity”)
  • *voržьjь (“hostile”)
  • *voržati (“to ambush; to curse”)
    • *voržařь (“evil sorcerer”)
  • *voržiti (“to cheat, to deceive”)
  • *vьrčěti (“to grumble, to utter”)
  • *vorčь (“fortune-teller”)
Descendants
Further reading

Etymology 2

Presumably o-grade of Proto-Slavic *vergti (“to roll; to throw”), from Proto-Indo-European *werg- (“to turn”) or *wergʷ- (“to cast”). Alternatively reconstructed as Proto-Slavic *vьragъ, akin to Proto-Slavic *vьrěti (“to spring”).

Noun

*vòrgъ m

  1. ravine, gorge
Inflection
Derived terms
  • *ovorgъ/*ovьragъ
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: враг (vrag, “dale, gorge; large wound”), овра́г (ovrág, “ravine”) (dialectal)
  • Non-Slavic:
    • → Aromanian: vrag (“furrow”)
Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*vȏrgъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 527: “m. o (c) ‘foe’”
  2. Olander, Thomas (2001), “vorgъ vorga”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “cb (PR 134); (SA 70, 167; PR 137); d (RPT 105)”
  3. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrȃg”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*vȏrgъ”
  4. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 6: “*vȏrgъ”
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