Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vortъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology 1
Deverbial noun of *vortiti (“to return”) + *-ъ.
Noun
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vȏrtъ | *vȏrta | *vȏrti |
| genitive | *vȏrta | *vortù | *võrtъ |
| dative | *vȏrtu | *vortomà | *vortòmъ |
| accusative | *vȏrtъ | *vȏrta | *vȏrty |
| instrumental | *vȏrtъmь, *vȏrtomь* | *vortomà | *vortý |
| locative | *vȏrtě | *vortù | *vortě̃xъ |
| vocative | *vorte | *vȏrta | *vȏrti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *kolovortъ (“rotor, wheel axis”)
- *krǫgovortъ (“cycle”)
- *obvortъ (“rotation”)
Related terms
Descendants
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: wrót
- Sorbian:
References
- ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “vortъ vorta”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander: “c (SA 156; PR 137); d (OSA 148) hals”
- ^ Kapović, Mate (2007) “The Development of Proto-Slavic Quantity”, in Wiener Slavistisches Jahrbuch[2], University of Vienna, page 7: “*vȏrtъ”
Etymology 2
Identical to Etymology 1 or derived from Proto-Slavic *vortъkъ (“turnable, rotational”) (whence Old Church Slavonic вратъкъ (vratŭkŭ)).
Noun
*vȏrtъ m[1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vortъ | *vorty | *vortove |
| genitive | *vortu | *vortovu | *vortovъ |
| dative | *vortovi | *vortъma | *vortъmъ |
| accusative | *vortъ | *vorty | *vorty |
| instrumental | *vortъmь | *vortъma | *vortъmi |
| locative | *vortu | *vortovu | *vortъxъ |
| vocative | *vortu | *vorty | *vortove |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vortъ | *vorta | *vorti |
| genitive | *vorta | *vortu | *vortъ |
| dative | *vortu | *vortoma | *vortomъ |
| accusative | *vortъ | *vorta | *vorty |
| instrumental | *vortъmь, *vortomь* | *vortoma | *vorty |
| locative | *vortě | *vortu | *vortěxъ |
| vocative | *vorte | *vorta | *vorti |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
- *kovortъ (“collar”)
- *šivovortъ (“neckless, collar”)
- *vortьnъ, *vortovъ (relational adjectives)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: воротъ (vorotŭ)
- Russian: во́рот (vórot, “collar”)
- Old East Slavic: воротъ (vorotŭ)
- South Slavic:
References
- ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrat”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si: “Pslovan. *vȏrtъ ‛obračanje, obrat (glave)’”
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ворот”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “врат”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 181