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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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