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Guillaume Jacques
La racine *eh₂- en Sanskrit : vāma-, vāra-°, vayati
SEC 18 (2013), 69–82

of volume 18

Abstract
The root *eh₂- in Sanskrit: vāma-, vāra-°, vayati

This article discusses the remnants of the root *eh₂- ‘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 *eh₂-.

BibTeX

@article{Jacques13,
	author	= {Jacques, Guillaume},
	title	= {La racine *\textit{eh\textsubscript{2}-} en Sanskrit : \textit{vāma-}, \textit{vāra-}°, \textit{vayati}},
	journal	= {Studia Etymologica Cracoviensia},
	volume	= {18},
	year	= {2013},
	pages	= {69–82}
}