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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vъrčati

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

Alternative forms

  • *vъrkati

Etymology

From earlier *vъrkěti. Akin to Latin urcō and Lithuanian ur̃kioti, ur̃kti, ver̃kti.

Verb

*vъrčati

  1. (intransitive) to coo?, to growl?, to grumble?, to grunt?, to snarl?
    Synonyms: *burčati, *gъrkati

Inflection

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: върчати (vŭrčati), въркати (vŭrkati)
      • Old Ruthenian: ворча́ти (vorčáti), *ворка́ти (*vorkáti)
        • Belarusian: варча́ць (varčácʹ)
        • Ukrainian: ворка́ти (vorkáty)
      • Russian: ворча́ть (vorčátʹ)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Russian Church Slavonic: връчати (vrŭčati)
    • Bulgarian: върча́ (vǎrčá) (dialectal)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: вр́чати
      Latin script: vrčati
    • Slovene: vŕčati, vŕkati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic
    • Old Czech: vrčěti
    • Old Polish: warczeć
    • Slovak: vrčať
    • Sorbian:
      • Lower Sorbian: warcaś
      • Upper Sorbian: wórčeć

Further reading

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