Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀲𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓

This Prakrit 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.

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sel-
Proto-Indo-European *ser-
Proto-Indo-Iranian *sar-
Proto-Indo-Aryan *sar-
Sanskrit सृ (sṛ)
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Sanskrit -ति (-ti)
Sanskrit सृ॒ति (sṛtí)
Prakrit *𑀲𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓

    Inherited from Sanskrit सृ॒ति (sṛtí, “road, path”)[1] + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-).[2]

    Noun

    *𑀲𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*saḍakka) f (Devanagari *सडक्क) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

    1. road

    Reconstruction notes

    More information
    • Although A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages (CDIAL) mentions the pleonastic affix -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), it does not explicitly provide a reconstruction for this term.
    • The descendants retain the feminine gender of the Sanskrit etymon.
    • The word-medial consonant is fortified and voiced similar to the following:[1]
    Sanskrit कृ॒त (kṛtá) > Prakrit 𑀓𑀟 (kaḍa)
    Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá) > Prakrit 𑀫𑀟 (maḍa)
    Sanskrit ग॒त (gatá) > Prakrit 𑀕𑀟 (gaḍa)
    • Turner considers the Bihari and Eastern Pahari descendants as borrowed from Hindustani because they do not have -r- as the reflex of -ḍ-.
    • The word-final vowel -i- of the Sanskrit etymon was weakened and eventually deleted instead of being retained as in the following:
    • Middle Hindi سڙک (sṛk /⁠saṛak⁠/) is an Early New Indo-Aryan descendant.
    • Ushojo سڑک is a Dardic descendant.

    Descendants

    Inherited
    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabic:
      • Sindhic:
        • Sindhi: سَڙَڪَ / सड़क / 𑋝𑋊𑊺 (saṛaka)
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Gujaratic:
      • Rajasthani:
        • Eastern Rajasthani:
        • Gojri: سَڑَک (saṛak)
        • Western Rajasthani:
          • Marwari:
            Devanagari script: सड़क (saṛak), स़ड़क (ṣaṛak)
            Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅲𑅕 (sṛk /⁠saṛak⁠/), 𑅰𑅳𑅲𑅕 (sṛk /⁠ṣaṛak⁠/)

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926), The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 497
    2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sr̥tí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 782
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