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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wértti
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Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Athematic root present of the root *wert-.
Verb
*wértti (imperfective)[1]
- to be turning around
Inflection
| Imperfective, athematic, active only | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd singular | *wértti | ||||
| 3rd plural | *wr̥ténti | ||||
| Active voice | Present indicative | Past indicative | Imperative | Subjunctive | Optative |
| 1st singular | *wértmi | *wértm̥ | — | *wértoh₂ | *wr̥tyéh₁m̥ |
| 2nd singular | *wértsi | *wérts | *wért, *wr̥tdʰí | *wértesi | *wr̥tyéh₁s |
| 3rd singular | *wértti | *wértt | *wérttu | *wérteti | *wr̥tyéh₁t |
| 1st dual | *wr̥twós | *wr̥twé | — | *wértowos | *wr̥tih₁wé |
| 2nd dual | *wr̥ttés | *wr̥ttóm | *wr̥ttóm | *wértetes | *wr̥tih₁tóm |
| 3rd dual | *wr̥ttés | *wr̥ttā́m | *wr̥ttā́m | *wértetes | *wr̥tih₁tā́m |
| 1st plural | *wr̥tmós | *wr̥tmé | — | *wértomos | *wr̥tih₁mé |
| 2nd plural | *wr̥tté | *wr̥tté | *wr̥tté | *wértete | *wr̥tih₁té |
| 3rd plural | *wr̥ténti | *wr̥tént | *wr̥téntu | *wértonti | *wr̥tih₁ént |
| Participle | *wr̥tónts | ||||
Descendants
- Proto-Germanic: *werþaną (“to happen, to become”) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *wártˢti
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wártti
- Sanskrit: वर्त्ति (vártti)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *wártti
- Proto-Italic: *wertō
- Latin: vertō (see there for further descendants)
References
- Ringe, Donald (2006) From Proto-Indo-European to Proto-Germanic (A Linguistic History of English; 1), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN