Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorťati

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

Iterative counter-part to Proto-Slavic *vortiti, parsable as *vortъ (action noun) +‎ *-jati. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”).

Verb

*vorťati

1. to turn, to revolve, to rotate

Inflection

Conjugation of *vorťati, *vorťa, *vorťajetь (?, -a-, s-aorist, accent paradigm ?)

Verbal noun	Infinitive	Supine	L-participle
*vorťanьje	*vorťati	*vorťatъ	*vorťalъ

	Participles
Tense	Past	Present
Passive	*vorťanъ	*vorťajemъ
Active	*vorťavъ	*vorťaję

	Aorist			Present
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vorťaxъ	*vorťa	*vorťa	*vorťajǫ	*vorťaješi	*vorťajetь
Dual	*vorťaxově	*vorťasta	*vorťaste	*vorťajevě	*vorťajeta	*vorťajete
Plural	*vorťaxomъ	*vorťaste	*vorťašę	*vorťajemъ	*vorťajete	*vorťajǫtь
	Imperfect			Imperative
Person	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Singular	*vorťaaxъ	*vorťaaše	*vorťaaše	—	*vorťaji	*vorťaji
Dual	*vorťaaxově	*vorťaašeta	*vorťaašete	*vorťajivě	*vorťajita	—
Plural	*vorťaaxomъ	*vorťaašete	*vorťaaxǫ	*vorťajimъ	*vorťajite	—

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: вороча́ць (voročácʹ)
  • Russian: воро́чать (voróčatʹ)
  • Ukrainian: вороча́ти (voročáty)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic:
    • Russian Church Slavonic: вращати (vraštati)
      • → Russian: враща́ть (vraščátʹ)
  • Bulgarian: вра́щам (vráštam) (dialectal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: вра̏ћати

    Latin script: vrȁćati

  • Slovene: vráčati (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: vracet
  • Old Polish: wracać
    • Polish: wracać
    • Silesian: wrŏcać
  • Slovak: vracať
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wróćić
    • Lower Sorbian: wrośiś

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “воро́чать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “враща́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress