Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krǫtiti

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

    Deadjectival from *krǫ̑tъ (winding? steep? severe?) +‎ *-iti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krant-, also found in Lithuanian krañtas (bank (of a river)).

    Verb

    *krǫtiti[1]

    1. to turn, to twist, to twirl

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Old East Slavic: крутити (krutiti)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: крѫтити (krǫtiti), 1sg. крѫщѫ (krǫštǫ)
        Glagolitic script: ⰽⱃⱘⱅⰻⱅⰻ (krǫtiti)
      • Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic: кру́тити, 1sg. кру̑тӣм
        Latin: krútiti, 1sg. krȗtīm
      • Slovene: krotiti
    • West Slavic:
      • Old Czech: krútiti
      • Old Polish: kręcić
      • Slovak: krútiť (to turn, to twirl)
      • Pannonian Rusyn: круциц (krucic)
      • Slovincian: krãcëc
      • Sorbian:
        • Upper Sorbian: krućić (to strengthen), kruć (to twist)
        • Lower Sorbian: kšuśiś (to harden, to strengthen)

    Further reading

    • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “крята́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
    • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*krǫtiti (sę)”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 30

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*krǫtiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251:v. ‘turn, twist, twirl’