𑀙𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀅

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-?
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *skey-
Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-der.
Sanskrit छि॒द्र (chidrá)
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás
Sanskrit -इत (-ita)
Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀅

    From Sanskrit छि॒द्र (chidrá, “torn; hole”) +‎ -इत (-ita, adjectival), undergoing the change -dr- > -dl- > -ll-.[1] Doublet of 𑀙𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀺𑀬 (chiddiya, “pierced, perforated”). Also compare Sanskrit छित (chita, “cut off, divided”) which is only attested lexicographically.

    Turner separates the nominal descendants (e.g. Hindi छिलका (chilkā, “peel”, noun)) from this root and claims substrate borrowing, but that seems unjustified given the phonetic and semantic match. See Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (chilla, “hole”) for those descendants.

    Adjective

    𑀙𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀅 (chillia) (Devanagari छिल्लिअ)

    1. torn

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
      • Nepali: ⇒ छिल्नु (chilnu)
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi: ⇒ ਛਿੱਲਣਾ (chillaṇā, “to peel”)
      • Sindhi: ⇒ ڇِلَڻُ / छिलणु (chilaṇu, “to peel”)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Gujarati: ⇒ છીલવું (chīlvũ)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*chilla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 277
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