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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrzati

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

Derived from the present stem of an earlier *verzti. Probably continuing Proto-Indo-European *wr̥ǵʰyéti (to tighten), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *wurgijaną (to strangle) and akin to Lithuanian ver̃žti (to string).

Verb

*vьrzàti impf[1][2]

  1. to tie, to bind
    Synonym: *vęzati

Inflection

  • *verzti (to bind)
    • *sъverzti (to connect)
    • *orzverzti (to tie off)
    • *priverzti (to wrap up, to bind)
    • *otъverzti (to open)
  • *vьrzъka (bond)
  • *vьrzalъka (shoe-tie)
  • *verslo (binder)
  • *vьrzьlъ (bundle)
  • *vьrzadlo (knoter (tool))

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: верза́ць (vjerzácʹ)
    • Russian: верза́ть (verzátʹ, to defecate), dial. верзти (verzti)
    • Ukrainian: верза́ти (verzáty)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: вьрзати (vĭrzati)
    • Bulgarian: вържа (vǎrža)
    • Macedonian: врзе (vrze) (reflects *verzti)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: врзати (to sneak)
      Latin script: vrzati (to sneak)
    • Slovene: vrzẹ́ti
  • West Slavic: –

Further reading

References

  1. Olander, Thomas (2001), -vьrzti: -vьrzǫ vьrzetь”, in Common Slavic accentological word list, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:c binde (PR 139)”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016), vrzẹ̑l”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “*verzti̋”
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