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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorxъ
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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
From Proto-Indo-European *wers-. Cognates include Latvian vârsms (“grain spread out for threshing, pile of sieved grain”), Latin verrō (“to drag, to sweep”) (infinitive verrere), Ancient Greek ἔρρω (érrhō, “to walk with difficulty, to limp, to trudge”), Old High German wërran (“to confuse”).
Inflection
Declension of *vorxъ (hard o-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *vorxъ | *vorxa | *vorśi |
| Accusative | *vorxъ | *vorxa | *vorxy |
| Genitive | *vorxa | *vorxu | *vorxъ |
| Locative | *vorśě | *vorxu | *vorśěxъ |
| Dative | *vorxu | *vorxoma | *vorxomъ |
| Instrumental | *vorxъmь, *vorxomь* | *vorxoma | *vorxy |
| Vocative | *vorše | *vorxa | *vorśi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Related terms
- *vьrťi
- *voršíti
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “во́рох”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
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