Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wérˀtei
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Proto-Balto-Slavic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Formally reflects Proto-Indo-European *werH-, possibly back-formed or reanalyzed from *h₂wer-. From the later descend Sanskrit अपिवृणोति (apivṛṇoti, “to close, cover”), Latin aperiō (“to open, to uncover”) < *ap-wer-, operiō (“to close”) < *op-wer-, Oscan veru (“door”, pl.), Ancient Greek ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).
Verb[edit]
*wérˀtei
Conjugation[edit]
- Baltic: Fixed accent, je-present in Baltic.
- Slavic: Root-aorist with fixed accent in the preterite + simple thematic present with mobile accent.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “verti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498: “BSL *werʔ-”
Further reading[edit]
- “verti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012