Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tortoriti

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

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Compare Lithuanian tar̃ti, Latvian târlât, Old Prussian tārin and Ancient Greek τορός (torós).

Verb

*tortoriti

1. to jabber, to babble

Inflection

Conjugation of *tortoriti, *tortori, *tortoritь (?, -i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

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

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*tortořenьje	*tortoriti	*tortoritъ	*tortorilъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*tortořenъ	*tortorimъ
Active	*tortořь	*tortorę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tortorixъ	*tortori	*tortori	*tortořǫ	*tortoriši	*tortoritь
Dual	*tortorixově	*tortorista	*tortoriste	*tortorivě	*tortorita	*tortorite
Plural	*tortorixomъ	*tortoriste	*tortorišę	*tortorimъ	*tortorite	*tortorętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*tortořaaxъ	*tortořaaše	*tortořaaše	—	*tortori	*tortori
Dual	*tortořaaxově	*tortořaašeta	*tortořaašete	*tortorivě	*tortorita	—
Plural	*tortořaaxomъ	*tortořaašete	*tortořaaxǫ	*tortorimъ	*tortorite	—

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: тарато́рыць (taratórycʹ)
  • Russian: тарато́рить (taratóritʹ), торото́рить (torotóritʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: тр̀тосити

  • Slovene: trtráti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: trátořit
  • Slovak: trátоriť

Further reading

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