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Piotr
I read your posts with much interest. I do have a question if you do
not mind.
saras - vati
if ser-es ' flow, current' is available while would sel-os/sel es-
'marshy lake ,pond,' be preferable as a meaning for 'saras'.
could saras vati to use your line of thought not mean a river, rich
in flow i.e a fast flowing river with much water.
Best regards
Ravi Chaudhary
-- In cybalist@..., "Piotr Gasiorowski" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> We've discussed it before. The suffix -va(n)t- (feminine -vati: < *-
wnt-ih2) means "rich in, having a lot of". The most likely base seems
to be the PIE s-neuter *sel-os/*sel-es- 'marshy lake, pond, pool'. I
also considered *ser-es- 'flow, current' as a possibility, but the
former name apparently describes the historical Sarasvati much better
and I agree it's preferable as an analysis.
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> Piotr
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> Subject: [tied] Sarasvati River
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> What does "Sarasvati" mean if treated as a Sanksrit word?