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Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/wérˀtei

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

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

*wérˀtei

  1. to thrust, to prod

Conjugation
  • Baltic: Fixed accent, je-present in Baltic.
  • Slavic: Root-aorist with fixed accent in the preterite + simple thematic present with mobile accent.

Descendants
  • East Baltic:[1]
    • Latvian: vẽrt
    • Lithuanian: vérti
  • Proto-Slavic: *vertì (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. 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
  • “verti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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