Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vortičь

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

*vortičь

Alternative forms

• *vortika, *vortiga

Etymology

From *vortiti +‎ *-čь.

Noun

*vortičь m

1. tansy (any plant of the genus Tanacetum)

Declension

Declension of *vortičь (i-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*vortičь	*vortiči	*vortičьje, *vortiče*
genitive	*vortiči	*vortičьju, *vortiču*	*vortičьjь, *vortiči*
dative	*vortiči	*vortičьma	*vortičьmъ
accusative	*vortičь	*vortiči	*vortiči
instrumental	*vortičьmь	*vortičьma	*vortičьmi
locative	*vortiči	*vortičьju, *vortiču*	*vortičьxъ
vocative	*vortiči	*vortiči	*vortičьje, *vortiče*

^* 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).

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Russian: воротич (vorotič), воро́тиш (vorótiš) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: воро́тич (vorótyč), воро́тиш (vorótyš), наворо́тиш (navorótyš) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: врати́га (vratíga), врати́ка (vratíka) (+ *-ika, *-iga)
  • Macedonian: вратига (vratiga), вратика (vratika) (+ *-ika, *-iga)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вра̀тич, formerly in dialects also вратиш, вратик, вратика, повратич

    Latin script: vràtič, formerly in dialects also vratiš, vratik, vratika, povratič

  • Slovene: vratȉč (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vrátyč
    • Czech: vrátič, vratič
  • Kashubian: warcycz m or f, warticz m or f (probably contaminated with Polish)
  • Old Polish: wrotycz
    • Polish: wrotycz
    • → Russian: вро́тич (vrótič) (archaic)
  • Slovak: vratič
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wróćica

• Non-Slavic:
  • → Hungarian: varádics
  • →? Romanian: vetrice

Further reading

• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982), “воро́тич”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Г), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 429
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “вратика, вратига, въртика, въртига, врътлига, врагия”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 182