Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/orati

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

From earlier *orti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *árˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (to plough).[1]

Verb

*oràti impf[1]

  1. to plough

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • *ortati (to serve, to struggle with work)
    • *ortajь (peon, servant, ploughman, farmer)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: ара́ць (arácʹ)
    • Russian: ора́ть (orátʹ), 1sg. орю́ (orjú), 3sg. орёт (orjót) (archaic)
    • Ukrainian: ора́ти (oráty)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*oràti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 372