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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/krǫtiti

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Deadjectival from *krǫ̑tъ (winding? steep? severe?), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *krant-, also found in Lithuanian krañtas (bank (of a river)).

  • Per Derksen, with no cognates outside of Balto-Slavic.
  • Per Vasmer, presumably from a nasal-infix variant of Proto-Indo-European *kert-, found in Sanskrit कृणत्ति (kṛṇátti, to twist thread, to spin), चृटति (cṛṭáti, to bind, to fasten together), Ancient Greek κάρταλος (kártalos, basket), κυρτία (kurtía, anything made of wicker), Latin crātis (wattle fence, corral), Old Irish cret (body of a cart), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳𐍃 (haurds, door), Old High German hurt (wattle fence, anything made of wicker) (plural hurdi).

Verb

*krǫtiti [1]

  1. to turn, to twist, to twirl

Inflection

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: крѫтити сѧ (krǫtiti sę, to turn), 1sg. крѫщѫ (krǫštǫ)
  • West Slavic:
    • Czech: kroutit (to turn, to twirl)
    • Old Polish: kręcić (to twist, to turn)
      • Polish: kręcić (to turn, to twirl), dialectal also krącić
    • Slovak: krútiť (to turn, to twirl)
    • Slovincian: krą̃cĕc
    • Sorbian:
      • Upper Sorbian: krućić (to strengthen), kruć (to twist)
      • Lower Sorbian: kšuśiś (to harden, to strengthen)

Further reading

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*krǫtiti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 251: “v. ‘turn, twist, twirl’”
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