User:AryamanA/Etyms

Interesting etymologies.

OIA

Fortunatov's law (likely)

• पट (paṭá), पट्ट (paṭṭá, “woven cloth”) < *pol-tós
• पुट (puṭá, “fold, cover”) < *pl̥-tóm
• कटक (kaṭaka, “bracelet, anything circular”) < *kʷolh₁-t-
• घाटा (ghāṭā, “nape of neck”)

Fortunatov's law (sus)

• मण्डल (máṇḍala, “circular, round”) < *mel-nd- if connected to Irish meall (“ball”)

Strange cognates in the Caucasus

• मृग (mṛga): Proto-Lezghian *merG (“deer”)
• सिंह (siṃha): Dargwa синка (sinka)
• जम्बु (jambu, “Syzygium cumini”): see Armenian դամբուլ (dambul)

MIA

Spontaneous retroflexion

• 𑀟𑀭𑀇 (ḍaraï, “to be afraid”) < दरति (darati)
• 𑀉𑀟𑁆𑀟𑁂𑀇 (uḍḍei, “to fly”), Skt. डी (ḍī) < दीयति (dīyati), दी (dī)
• 𑀟𑀁𑀲𑀇 (ḍaṃsaï, “to bit”) < दंशति (daṃśati)
• 𑀚𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (joḍei, “to join”) < युक्त (yukta)