Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁erkʷ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*h₁erkʷ-

1. to praise, to shine
2. to sound bright

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Harč-
  • Sanskrit: अर्च् (arc)
  • Sanskrit: ऋच् (ŕc)
• Old Armenian: երգ (erg, “sing”)
• Hittite: [script needed] (ārku-^zi, “to sing”)
• Proto-Celtic: *erkw-
  • Old Irish: erc (“sky, heaven”)
  • Proto-Celtic: *su-erkwis
    • Middle Irish: suairc (“pleasant, beautiful, radiant”)
• Tocharian:
  • Tocharian A: yärk
  • Tocharian B: yarke

Derived terms

• *h₁érkʷ-eti
  • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Harčati
    • Sanskrit: अर्चति (arcati)
    • Khotanese: [script needed] (āljis)
  • Hittite: [script needed] (arkuwanzi)

References

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “340”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 340
• Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 240