Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/sarȷ́-

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *selǵ-. Cognate with Old English solcen (whence English sulk), Middle High German selken (“drizzle”), possibly Hittite 𒊭𒀠𒀝𒍣 (ša-al-ak-zi /⁠šalkzi⁠/, “knead, mix”), although the semantic connection is weak.

Root

*sarȷ́-

abandon, discharge, loose off

Derived terms

*sr̥ȷ́áti (“to abandon, let go, discharge”)
*sárȷ́anam
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sárȷ́anam
  - Sanskrit: सर्जन n (sárjana)
- Proto-Iranian: *hárjanam
  - Avestan: 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀 n (har^əzana)
- ⇒ *Hapasarȷ́anam
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan:
    - Sanskrit: अपसर्जन (apasarjana, “abandonment”)
  - Proto-Iranian:
    - Younger Avestan: 𐬀𐬞𐬀𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥𐬀 (apahar^əzana, “dismissal”)
    - → Old Armenian: ապահարզան (apaharzan, “divorce”)

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *sarȷ́-
- Sanskrit: सृज् (sṛj)
Proto-Iranian: *harj-
- Avestan: 𐬵𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰 (hər^əz), 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰 (har^əz)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*harz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šalk-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 821

[Cheung-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*harz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[2] Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “šalk-^zi”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 821