Where does “вращать” come from?

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

вращать (Russian): to revolve, to rotate, to turn

Definitions

  1. to revolve, to rotate, to turn

Ancestry of “вращать”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicвращати—
2Proto-Slavicvorťatito turn, to revolve, to rotate
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “вращать”

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