Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьršiti

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

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- or related to *vьrxъ, ultimately, from Proto-Indo-European *wers-.

Verb

*vьršiti

1. to top out
2. to do, to accomplish

Inflection

Conjugation of *vьršiti, *vьrši, *vьršitь (impf., -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Suffix: *-iti
― iterative (*nositi⇐*nesti)
― causative (*pojiti⇐*piti)
― ...

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vьršenьje	*vьršiti	*vьršitъ	*vьršilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vьršenъ	*vьršimъ
Active	*vьršь	*vьršę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьršixъ	*vьrši	*vьrši	*vьršǫ	*vьršiši	*vьršitь
Dual	*vьršixově	*vьršista	*vьršiste	*vьršivě	*vьršita	*vьršite
Plural	*vьršixomъ	*vьršiste	*vьršišę	*vьršimъ	*vьršite	*vьršętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьršaaxъ	*vьršaaše	*vьršaaše	—	*vьrši	*vьrši
Dual	*vьršaaxově	*vьršaašeta	*vьršaašete	*vьršivě	*vьršita	—
Plural	*vьršaaxomъ	*vьršaašete	*vьršaaxǫ	*vьršimъ	*vьršite	—

Notes:
• (*)*vьršivъ is a later doublet of the past active participle

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: верши́ть (veršítʹ)
  • Ukrainian: верши́ти (veršýty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: връшити (vrŭšiti)
  • Bulgarian: въ́рша (vǎ́rša)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вр́шити

    Latin script: vŕšiti

• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vršit
    • Moravian (Mistřice): vŕšit

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соверши́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress