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: Sigmatic root-aorist with mobile accent in the preterite + simple thematic present with fixed accent.

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:[1]
      • Latgalian: vērt
      • 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