--- In cybalist@..., "kalyan97" <kalyan97@...> wrote: Did 'share'
derive from > Old English scar, scissors, from Germanic *skr- and
*sker-ez-?
The cognate etyma in the languages of Bha_rata, with the semantic
clustering of 'sharp', 'furrow', 'split' are:
he_rka pl. plough; pair of ploughing bullocks (Kuwi)(DEDR 2816).
Image: drill for sowing seed: si(h)a_ra_ drill (for sowing seed)(L.);
sia_ra furrow (Or.)(CDIAL 13429). i_ruka to saw, split (Ta.); sixb
sharp end of piece of wood (To.); sigi to split (as wood), tear or
rend with the teeth as sugarcane (Ka.); sigasu, sigisu to have split
(Ka.); sigur- a splinter, a shiver (Ka.); si_bu bamboo-slit (Ka.);
tigipuni, tigupuni, sigipu to split, slit, cut, saw, tear (Tu.);
sinder a splinter of wood, bamboo, etc. (Go.); ci_ring to slit,
slice, tear open (Br.) (DEDR 2491). ci_ra rag (Skt.)(CDIAL 4843).
s'i_ra pointed, sharp (RV.); s'i_rin a kind of kus'a grass (Skt.);
si_r the silky-headed grass imperata koenigii (P.)(CDIAL 12495).
ki_r.. to rend (Tirukko_. 249); to split, rive, cleave (Ci_vaka. 1157)
(Ta.); ki_l. id. (Ka.); part, portion, section (Ci_vaka. 2248); ki_l.
(l.u)-tal to rend, split, tear (Kampara_. Pal.l.i. 71); ci_l id.
(Te.); ki_l.- to burst, as the bund of an overfull tank (Pur-ana_.
118,3)(Ta.lex.) ki_l.ut.ai girdle of an ascetic or sanya_si,
generally a long strip of cloth (Ka_l.at. Ula_, 500)(Ta.lex.) cf.
ki_r-u-tal to slit, tear, rend (Tiva_.); ki_r-u (Ka.); gi_r-u (Te.)
(Ta.lex.) ki_r-u-tal to draw lines; to scribble, make marks, write,
engrave (Pin..)(Ta.); ki_r-u id. (Ma.); gi_yu (Te.); gi_ru (Ka.);
ki_r-u to slice, cut off longitudinally; streak, mark, stroke, line,
scratch; notch, furrow, indentation, gash, cut, slit, incision
(Ta.lex.) cf. ke_r..i a line, a series; a group, flock (Ka.)(Ka.lex.)
ki_r, gi_r to scratch, to split; a split, a scratch (Tu.lex.)
ki_l. (ki_l.v-, ki_n.t.-) to rend, tear, split; burst (as bund of an
over-full tank); n. part, portion, section (Ta.); ci_l. splinter,
piece of wood, wedge (Ma.); ci.l. pieces (of pot, paper, etc.);
division of land (Ko.); gi_l.u to rend; si_l., si_l.u to split,
divide, be rent; split, etc.; n. splitting, a split, fragment, part
(Ka..); ci_lu a split, splinter; si_l.u a crack, crash, split (Tu.);
ci_lu to break, split, crack, be divided, broken, torn, rent, split
(Te.); ci_lika slice, sliver (Te.)(DEDR 1622). chila bark, skin
(S.); chill id. (L.); chil bark (WPah.); chi_lo bark (Marw.);
chilet.u~ bark, peel (G.)(CDIAL 5052).
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