Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/vorxъ

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 Proto-Indo-European *wers-. Cognates include Latvian vârsms (“grain spread out for threshing, pile of sieved grain”), Latin verrō (“to drag, to sweep”) (infinitive verrere), Ancient Greek ἔρρω (érrhō, “to walk with difficulty, to limp, to trudge”), Old High German wërran (“to confuse”).

    Noun

    *vorxъ m

    1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
      1. heap
      2. pile

    Inflection

    Declension of *vorxъ (hard o-stem)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *vorxъ *vorxa *vorśi
    genitive *vorxa *vorxu *vorxъ
    dative *vorxu *vorxoma *vorxomъ
    accusative *vorxъ *vorxa *vorxy
    instrumental *vorxъmь, *vorxomь* *vorxoma *vorxy
    locative *vorśě *vorxu *vorśěxъ
    vocative *vorše *vorxa *vorśi

    * -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

    Descendants

    • East Slavic:
      • Belarusian: во́рох (vórox, “noise”)
      • Russian: во́рох (vórox)
      • Ukrainian: во́рох (vórox)
    • South Slavic:
      • Old Church Slavonic:
        Old Cyrillic script: врахъ (vraxŭ)
      • Bulgarian: врах (vrah) (dialectal)
    • West Slavic:
      • Polish: zawroch

    Further reading

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