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Sanskrit
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Etymology
A later development from इङ्ग् (iṅg) (when dissimilated to अङ्गयति (aṅgayati) before पलि- (pali-) and वि- (vi-)), itself related to एज् (ej).
Pronunciation
Root
अङ्ग् • (aṅg)
- to go
Derived terms
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “अङ्ग्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 7, column 2.
- William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 1
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “IṄG”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 186: “zur sekundären Entstehung der „Wurzel“ aṅg”
- Gotō, Toshifumi (1987) “note 81”, in Die „I. Präsensklasse“ im Vedischen (in German), Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, page 108