Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/verščati

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

Etymology

From *vèrskъ +‎ *-ěti. Akin to Lithuanian pra-vi̇̀rkštu anf Latvian varkšêt.

Verb

*verščati

  1. (intransitive) to scream?, to shriek?, to yell?
    Synonym: *kričati

Inflection

noun
  • *verva

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: вереща́ти (vereščáti)
  • South Slavic
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: врѣщати (vrěštati)
    • Bulgarian: врещя́ (vreštjá)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ври́штати
      Latin script: vríštati
    • Slovene: vréščati (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic
    • Old Czech: vřěščěti
      • Czech: vřeštět
    • Old Polish: wrzeszczeć
    • Slovak: vrešťať
    • Sorbian:
      Upper Sorbian: wrěšćeć

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “вереща́ть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress