Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/pláwati
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian 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-Iranian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *pléw-e-ti, from the root *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).
Verb
[edit]*pláwati
Reconstruction notes
[edit]In Sanskrit, there exists प्रवते (pravate, “to jump, spring”) which Cheung ties to a separate set of Iranian cognates under Proto-Indo-Iranian *práwati. That verb is traditionally assigned to Proto-Indo-European *prew-, but Cheung considers the existence of that PIE root dubious given the scanty reflexes. Mayrhofer, on the other hand, considers प्रवते (pravate) and प्लवते (plávate) to be from the same source, given the r ~ l alternation in Sanskrit.[1]
If Proto-Indo-Iranian *práwati is indeed different from this term, then there has still been a merger in the Iranian descendants in form (to Proto-Iranian *fráwati) and probably influence between the two in Indo-Aryan.
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *pláwati
- Sanskrit: प्लवते (plávate)
- Proto-Iranian: *fráwati[2][3]
- Younger Avestan: 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (frafrauuaiti, pres.ind.3sg), 𐬎𐬯𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬃𐬥𐬙𐬈 (usfrauuā̊nte, pres.sub.med.3pl)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 195
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*frau¹”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 90
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*frau²”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 90-91