vrtjeti

Serbo-Croatian

/ʋřtjeti/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to turn move around an axis through itself
  • (intransitive) to shake
  • (reflexive) to spin
  • (reflexive) to fidget, squirm

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьrtěti derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wert-

Gloss

turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

風

Emoji
🙃

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