Where does “вращати” come from?

вращати (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Proto-Slavic vorťati, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

Ancestry of “вращати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicvorťatito turn, to revolve, to rotate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “вращати”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Slavic vorťati →
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