Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verťi

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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

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Alternative reconstructions

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  • *vergti (earlier, unassimilated form, as in Derksen, Chernykh, Vasmer)
  • *vergťi (earlier, partly assimilated form, as in Trubachev)

Etymology

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False friend with Lithuanian vérgti (to enslave), pavìrgti (to give up, to submit).

Verb

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*vèrťi impf (perfective *vьrgnǫti)[1][2][3]

  1. (transitive) to throw, to cast, to fling
    Synonyms: *mětati, *kydati
  2. (reflexive) to leap, to jump, to propel oneself energetically

Alternative forms

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  • *vьrťi (by generalization of the present stem)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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  • *vorgъ (gorge, gully; casting of lots)

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-вергнуть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “вере́чи”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 355
  • vergti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vergti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 515
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vergti: vьrgǫ vьržetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a kaste (SA 208; PR 133)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrẹ́či”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *ve̋rťi, sed. *vь̋rgǫ