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vattati

pr 3rd sg of vattati (verb)

1. proceeds; continues; goes forward; practices
2. exists; occurs; happens; takes place
3. fares on (in); walks (in); continues (in); adheres (to)
4. (of power) wields; exercises

Built from

• vatt — root · turn, roll, revolve
  The root carries the concrete image of rotation and circular motion, which extends to proceeding forward, practicing (turning something over repeatedly), and the impersonal sense of happening or occurring.
• ati — ending · 3rd person singular present
  The thematic present ending -ati marks the verb in the 3rd person singular present indicative, indicating a current or habitual action.

Etymology. From √vatt (vṛt in Sanskrit), meaning to turn, roll, or revolve; cognate with Sanskrit vartate (turns, rolls), Latin vertō (turn), English worth (in the sense of coming about, Old English weorþan), and German werden (become). The root's concrete image of rotation underlies the abstract senses of proceeding, practicing, and occurring.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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