Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/kъrtiti

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Normally reconstructed as a denominal verb of *(s)ker- (to cut) +‎ *-tós (per Trubachyov). Given that the same root also produced palatalized 0-grade lemmas in Balto-Slavic, e.g. *čьrtati (to draw), it is likely that the plain velar forms were influenced by *kʷer- (to make, to build). Cognates in Balto-Slavic include Lithuanian kùrti (to build), Latvian kurt (to excite). Outside of Balto-Slavic, the root is related to Proto-Germanic *skurtaz (short), Latin curtus (shortened) as a descendant of *(s)ker- and to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás (made), Proto-Celtic *kʷritus (form) as a descendant of *kʷer-.

Verb

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*kъrtiti impf

  1. to peck
  2. to thrash

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: карціць (karcicʹ, to yearn for)
    • Russian: кортеть (kortetʹ, to yearn for) (dialectal)
    • Ukrainian: кортіти (kortity, to yearn for)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кортеть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kъrtiti”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 241