Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verzti

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

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *werźtéi, from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“to tie”). Cognate with Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string”).

Verb

*verzti pf^[1]

to tie, to bind (to fasten by making a tie)
Coordinate terms: *vęzti / *vęzati, *šiti / *šьjati

Conjugation

Conjugation of *verzti, *vьrze, *vьrzetь (perf., -C-, _/ox-aorist, accent paradigm c)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vьrzenьje	*verzti	*verztъ	*vьrzlъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vьrzenъ	—
Active	*vьrzъ	—

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrz(ox)ъ	*vьrze	*vьrze	*vьrzǫ	*vьrzeši	*vьrzetь
Dual	*vьrz(ox)ově	*vьrz(e/os)ta	*vьrz(e/os)te	*vьrzevě	*vьrzeta	*vьrzete
Plural	*vьrz(ox)omъ	*vьrz(e/os)te	vьrzǫ, vьrzošę	*vьrzemъ	*vьrzete	*vьrzǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	—	—	—	—	*vьrzi	*vьrzi
Dual	—	—	—	*vьrzěvě	*vьrzěta	—
Plural	—	—	—	*vьrzěmъ	*vьrzěte	—

In perfective verbs, present expresses future

Alternative forms

*vьrzti (with generalized 0-grade)^[2]

⇒ *vьrzati (je-present)

Derived terms

verbs

*naverzti
*orzverzti
*otъverzti
*perverzti
*poverzti
*sъverzti
*uverzti
*zaverzti

Related terms

*verslo (instrumental noun)
*vorzъ (o-grade noun)
- ⇒ *pavorzъ, *povorzъ (“cord”)

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Belarusian: вярзці́ (vjarzcí)
- Russian: версти́ (verstí) (dialectal)
- Ukrainian: верзти́ (verztý)
South Slavic:
- Macedonian: врзе (vrze)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: вр́сти се
  
  Latin script: vŕsti se
- ⇒ Slovene: vrzẹ́ti (tonal orthography) (obsolete, reanalyzed)

References

^ Snoj, Marko (2016), “vrzẹ̑l”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Izpeljano iz vrzẹ́ti [...] < Pslovan. *verzti̋, sed. *vьrzǫ”
^ Olander, Thomas (2001), “-vьrzti: -vьrzǫ vьrzetь”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List‎^[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c binde (PR 139)”