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Where does “verťi” come from?

verťi (Proto-Slavic) comes from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verťi (Proto-Slavic): to roll, turn; to throw, cast

Definitions

  1. to roll, turn; to throw, cast

Ancestry of “verťi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
2LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
3Proto-Italicwertō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “verťi”

  • -вергнуть
  • wierzgnąć
  • vrgnuti
  • вргнути
  • vьrgnǫti
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