


It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit vartate "turns round, rolls " Avestan varet- "to turn " Hittite hurki- "wheel " Greek rhatane "stirrer, ladle " Latin vertere (frequentative versare) "to turn, turn back, be turned convert, transform, translate be changed," versus "turned toward or against " Old Church Slavonic vrŭteti "to turn, roll," Russian vreteno "spindle, distaff " Lithuanian verčiu, versti "to turn " German werden, Old English weorðan "to become " Old English -weard "toward," originally "turned toward," weorthan "to befall," wyrd "fate, destiny," literally "what befalls one " Welsh gwerthyd "spindle, distaff " Old Irish frith "against. This is the most common cause for vertigo. It forms all or part of: adverse anniversary avert awry controversy converge converse (adj.) "exact opposite " convert diverge divert evert extroversion extrovert gaiter introrse introvert invert inward malversation obverse peevish pervert prose raphe reverberate revert rhabdomancy rhapsody rhombus ribald sinistrorse stalwart subvert tergiversate transverse universe verbena verge (v.1) "tend, incline " vermeil vermicelli vermicular vermiform vermin versatile verse (n.) "poetry " version verst versus vertebra vertex vertigo vervain vortex -ward warp weird worm worry worth (adj.) "significant, valuable, of value " worth (v.) "to come to be " wrangle wrap wrath wreath wrench wrest wrestle wriggle wring wrinkle wrist writhe wrong wroth wry. Proto-Indo-European root forming words meaning "to turn, bend."
