Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vьrtъpъ
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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Slavic
Alternative forms
Etymology
According to Georgiev (BER), probably an ancient compound word from *vьrtěti + the descendant of Proto-Balto-Slavic *upas, *upis (“flowing water”) (cf. Russian Упа (Upa, “r. Upa”) (hydronym), Вопь (Vopʹ, “r. Vop”) (hydronym), Lithuanian ùpė (“river”), Latvian upe (“spring, water”)). This etymology however fails to explain the additional meanings “garden” and “cave, depression”. Per Vasmer, cognate with Lithuanian veriù, vérti (“close, lock up”)
Noun
*vьrtъpъ m
- whirlpool (in Bulgarian)
- cave, depression (in East Slavic, Slovene, Serbo-Croatian)
- garden (in Old Church Slavonic)
Declension
Declension of *vьrtъpъ (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *vьrtъpъ | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpi |
| genitive | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpu | *vьrtъpъ |
| dative | *vьrtъpu | *vьrtъpoma | *vьrtъpomъ |
| accusative | *vьrtъpъ | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpy |
| instrumental | *vьrtъpъmь, *vьrtъpomь* | *vьrtъpoma | *vьrtъpy |
| locative | *vьrtъpě | *vьrtъpu | *vьrtъpěxъ |
| vocative | *vьrtъpe | *vьrtъpa | *vьrtъpi |
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.
Derived terms
Related terms
- *vьrtъ, *vortъ (“turn, revolution, arc”)
- *vьrtežь (“rotation, arcing”)
- *vortъ (“neck”)
- *vьrtъ, *vьrtogordъ (“garden”)
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вертеп”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “въртоп”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 212
- вертеп in Горох.ua (Етимологія)
- Snoj, Marko (2016) “vrtep”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si