Where does “vrteti” come from?

vrteti (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic vьrtěti, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

vrteti (Serbo-Croatian): to turn; to shake; to spin

Definitions

  1. to turn; to shake; to spin

Ancestry of “vrteti”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vrteti”

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