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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verťa
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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 *verti (“to thread, to thrust into”) + *-ťa, akin to Lithuanian virtinė (“string”), Latvian ver̃t (“to thread”).
Alternative forms
- *verťe n
- *verta (a-stem)
Declension
Declension of *verťa (soft a-stem)
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | *verťa | *verťi | *verťę̇ |
| Accusative | *verťǫ | *verťi | *verťę̇ |
| Genitive | *verťę̇ | *verťu | *verťь |
| Locative | *verťi | *verťu | *verťasъ, *verťaxъ* |
| Dative | *verťi | *verťama | *verťamъ |
| Instrumental | *verťejǫ, *verťǫ** | *verťama | *verťami |
| Vocative | *verťe | *verťi | *verťę̇ |
* -asъ is the expected Balto-Slavic form but is found only in some Old Czech documents; -axъ is found everywhere else and is formed by analogy with other locative plurals in -xъ.
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
** The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
- *verťьka, *verťica (diminutive)
- *vertišče (augmentative)
Related terms
- *vьrvь (“string, cord”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Russian: верета́ (veretá) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: верета́ (veretá) (dialectal)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Old Czech: vřece n
- ⇒ Czech: vřecko
- Slovak: vrece n
- Old Czech: vřece n
References
- Snoj, Marko (2016), “vreča”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar3 (in Slovene), https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *ve̋rťa, *ve̋rťe, *verta̋”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “верета”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1971), “врещ, вреща”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 186
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