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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vortъ

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

Deverbial noun of *vortiti (“to return”) +‎ *-ъ.

Noun

*vȏrtъ m[1][2]

  1. turn, revolution, cycle
  2. rotational element
Declension
Derived terms
  • *kolovortъ (“rotor, wheel axis”)
  • *krǫgovortъ (“cycle”)
Descendants
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вратъ (vratŭ)
      • → Old East Slavic: вратъ (vratŭ, “rotor, wheel”)
    • Bulgarian: врат (vrat) (obsolete)
  • West Slavic:
    • Sorbian:

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), “vortъ vorta”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 148) hals”
  2. Kapović, Mate (2007), “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch‎, University of Vienna, page 7: “*vȏrtъ”

Etymology 2

Identical to Etymology 1 or derived from Proto-Slavic *vortъkъ (“turnable, rotational”) (whence Old Church Slavonic вратъкъ (vratŭkŭ)).

Noun

*vȏrtъ m[1]

  1. collor, neck
    Synonyms: *kъrkъ, *šija, *vyja
Declension
Derived terms
  • *kovortъ (“collar”)
  • *šivovortъ (“neckless, collar”)
  • *vortьnъ, *vortovъ (relational adjectives)
Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: воротъ (vorotŭ)
  • South Slavic:

References

  1. Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrat”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vȏrtъ ‛obračanje, obrat (glave)’”
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