From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62544
Date: 2009-01-21
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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 1:35 AM
Subject: [tied] svere^pý
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And this one from Burrows answers the question even better
> (14) Vog. s^uorp, s^o:rp "elk" :
> Skt. s´arabhá- "a kind of deer" (from the root of the last) ;
Torsten
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Even better is :
Proto: *śarta
English meaning: young deer, reindeer
German meaning: Elentier; (junges) Rentier
Mordovian: śarda (E M), śardo (E) 'Elentier, dial. Rentier'
Mari (Cheremis): šarđǝ̑ (KB), šorđo (U B) 'Elentier'
Khanty (Ostyak): surti̮ (V) 'ein Jahr altes zahmes Rentier', sŭrtĭ (Kaz.)
'ein Jahr altes Kalb / Fohlen der Kuh, des Pferdes, des Elentiers, des
zahmen Rentiers'
Mansi (Vogul): surti (So.) 'jähriges Rentierkalb'
Nenets (Yurak): siraj (O) 'ein Jahr alte Rentierkuh' ( > Khanty O sirȧ,
sirȧj '1.5 Jahre altes Rentier'
Selkup: sjaera 'Cervus tarandus' ?
This is a nice example of an URalic word brought into India by Indic
speakers.
A.
This word has also been borrowed into Yeniseian
Proto-Yenisseian: *sēr1e
Meaning: deer
Ket: śɛĺ4 (South.), Kur. śɛ:ĺi4, Bak., Sur. śɛ:ĺǝ4; pl. śɛʔn
Yug: sɛ:hr, pl. sɛʔn
Kottish: šeli, *šele, *šeĺe, g. šelā, pl. šetn "wild animal"
Arin: sin (М., Сл. Кл.,) "deer (cervus)"
Pumpokol: sálat (Сл.) "deer (rangifer)"
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