La racine *u̯eh2 - en Sanskrit : vāma-, vāra-°, vayati

• Authors: Guillaume Jacques

Title variants

EN

The root *u̯eh2- in Sanskrit: vāma-, vāra-°, vayati

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

This article discusses the remnants of the root *u̯eh2- ‘to turn’ in Sanskrit. First, vāma- ‘left’, an etymon which we analyse from a typological point of view, bringing comparative data from various languages; the etymology of its synonym savyá- is also discussed. Second, the noun vāra-° ‘prostitute’ which, although isolated in Sanskrit, presents an exact Latin cognate. Third, the verb vayati ‘to weave’, whose paradigm and derived noun include some forms that must originate from *u̯eh2-

Keywords

EN

etymology; Sanskrit; Indo-European; typology; left; prostitute; weave

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 69-82

Dates

online

2013-05-15

Contributors

author

Guillaume Jacques

Identifiers

DOI

10.4467/20843836SE.13.004.0941