PIE root *wert-
Meaning: 'to turn' [1]
IEW 1156-8; LIV² 691f.
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Reconstructed stems
Aorist1a *wért-/wrt-
Hittite anda wartanzi 'turn in' [2]
Vedic avart 'has turned' [3]
Present5a *wért-o/e-
Vedic vártate 'turns'
Latin uertor, uertī 'to turn'
Perfect *we-wórt/wrt-
Vedic vāvárta, vavárta 'turns, has turned'
Old Latin uortī 'turned'
Causative *wort-éjo/e-
Vedic vartáyati 'turns (tr.)'
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Innovations
Aorist2
Greek ἀπό-ερσε 'tore away'
Present4
OCS ob-vrъnǫti sę 'to turn'
Tocharian B wärnāmane 'turning'
Notes
References
Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008): Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Leiden / Boston: Brill.