Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrěti

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *wirˀ(ē)tei, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥- (“to burn”) (Černyx) or *wr̥H- (Derksen).

Baltic cognates include Lithuanian vìrti (“to boil”) (3sg. vérda), Latvian vir̂t (“to boil”) (3sg. vęr̂d).

Indo-European cognates include Hittite [script needed] (urāni, “burns”)

Verb

*vьrě̀ti impf

1. to boil

Conjugation

Conjugation of *vьrěti, *vьrě, *vьritь (impf., intr., -ě/i-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vьrěnьje	*vьrěti	*vьrětъ	*vьrělъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	—	—
Active	*vьrěvъ	*vьrę

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrěxъ	*vьrě	*vьrě	*vьřǫ	*vьriši	*vьritь
Dual	*vьrěxově	*vьrěsta	*vьrěste	*vьrivě	*vьrita	*vьrite
Plural	*vьrěxomъ	*vьrěste	*vьrěšę	*vьrimъ	*vьrite	*vьrętь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vьrěaxъ	*vьrěaše	*vьrěaše	—	*vьri	*vьri
Dual	*vьrěaxově	*vьrěašeta	*vьrěašete	*vьrivě	*vьrita	—
Plural	*vьrěaxomъ	*vьrěašete	*vьrěaxǫ	*vьrimъ	*vьrite	—

Related terms

• *virъ (“whirlpool”)
• *varъ
• *variti (“to boil, cook”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: вьрѣти (vĭrěti)
    • Old Ruthenian: врѣти (vrěti)
      • Belarusian: врэць (vrecʹ)
      • Ukrainian: вріти (vrity)
    • Russian: вреть (vretʹ) (dated)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:

    Cyrillic: вьрѣти (vĭrěti)

    Glagolitic: ⰲⱐⱃⱑⱅⰹ (vĭrěti)

  • Bulgarian: вря (vrja)
  • Macedonian: врие (vrie)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вре̏ти

    Latin script: vrȅti

  • Slovene: vrẹ́ti (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: vřieti
    • Czech: vřít
  • Old Polish: wrzeć
    • Polish: wrzeć
    • Silesian: wreć
  • Slovak: vrieť

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вреть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “варить”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 134