Sanskrit roots hi- ‘to impel, hurl’, hiṣ- ‘to injure, harm’, hīḍ- ‘to make/be angry’ and the Indo-European root enlargements -s- and -d-
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: This article discusses several groups of Sanskrit roots which are likely to contain root enlargements -s- and -s-d-. Except for the roots mentioned in the title, these are, in the first place, mṣ- ‘to forget’ and mḍ- ‘to be merciful’ (< *mẓḍ-); iṣ- ‘to strive after, seek’ and īḍ- ‘to invoke’ (< *iẓḍ-).
Source: Historical Linguistics
Author: Alexander Lubotsky
Institution: Leiden University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3168373016