Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/čárHati

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 *kʷélh₁-e-ti, from *kʷelh₁- (to move).[1]

    Verb

    *čárHati[2]

    1. to move, walk
    2. to wander

    Descendants

    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ćálHati
    • Proto-Iranian: *čárHati
      • Central Iranian:
        • Avestan: 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬁𐬥𐬍 (carānī, to move, approach, 1sg.subj.)
      • Northeastern Iranian:
        • Digor Ossetian: цӕрун (cærun, to live)
        • Iron Ossetian: цӕрын (cæryn, to live)
      • Southeastern Iranian:
        • Pashto: څرېدل (caredal, to pasture, graze)
      • Northwestern Iranian:
        • Kurdish:
          • Northern Kurdish: çerîn (to graze)
          • Central Kurdish: چەرین (çerîn)
        • Zazaki: çerayen
      • Southwestern Iranian:
        • Old Persian: [script needed] (caratiy)
          • Middle Persian: [script needed] (carīdan), [script needed] (carag, pasture, grazing; flock)
          • Persian: چریدن (čaridan, to graze)
          • Lurish:
            • Northern Luri: قۏئڵ (qöeł, foot, wheel)
            • Bakhtiari: گںل (gal, foot)

    References

    1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “CAR¹”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 534-535
    2. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “carᶦ {1}”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, page 118:Proto-Indo-Iranian: čáRH-