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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorta

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

Fossilized plural form of Proto-Balto-Slavic *wárta n (possibly *warˀtá n), cognate with Old Prussian warto pl (“house door”). Attested as masc. gender in Lithuanian var̃tai pl (“house gates”), Latvian vàrti pl (“house gates”) (technically from an earlier *wártas m). Formally resembles Proto-Slavic *vortъ (“turn, rotational element”)[1] (a derivative of *vьrtěti (“to rotate”)), but probably ultimately from the root of Proto-Slavic *verti (“to shove, to enclose”)[2].

Noun

*vōrtà or *vortà n pl[1][2][3]

  1. (plural only) gate, doors

Inflection
Declension of *vōrtà (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b, plural only)
plural
nominative *vōrtà
genitive *võrtъ
dative *vōrtòmъ
accusative *vōrtà
instrumental *võrty
locative *võrtěxъ
vocative *vōrtà
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Declension of *vortà (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c, plural only)
plural
nominative *vortà
genitive *võrtъ
dative *vortòmъ
accusative *vortà
instrumental *vortý
locative *vortě̃xъ
vocative *vortà
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms
  • *vortьca, *vortica (diminutive)
  • *vortьňa (augmentative)
  • *vortařь, *vortьnikъ (“gate guardian”)
  • *vorъ (“valve, closer”)
  • *verěja (“pivot, axle”)
  • *vortъ (“turn”)
  • *vьrtъ (“turn, revolution; garden”)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ворота”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “врата”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 182
  • “wartai”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) “*vorta”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 529: “Npl. n. o (b/c) ‘door, gate’”
  2. Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrata”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vorta̋”
  3. Olander, Thomas (2001) “vorta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎, Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “(pl. tant.) b (NA 106f., 142; MP 25); c (SA; PR 138) gates”
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