Re: [tied] wood, tree

14-06-03 17:45, S.Kalyanaraman wrote:

> Have the PIE/IE forms been discussed earlier? I shall be thankful
> for message references since a search in the archives was not
> fruitful.

It's one of the best-attested IE roots. Skt. da:ru, Gen. droh. < *doru,
*dreu-s or *drou-s (there are other variants of the oblique stem as
well; the word is archaic, irregular, and its forms are prone to
analogical influence). In compounds the root may be reduced to <dru->.

>
> Bartleby: deru, dreu-. To be firm, solid, steadfast; hence
> specialized senses "wood," "tree," and derivatives referring to
> objects made of wood. Derivatives include tree, trust, betroth,
> endure, and druid. 1. Suffixed variant form *drew-o-. a. tree, from
> Old English tre_ow, tree, from Germanic *trewam
>
> Some cognates in indic:

Don't confuse cognates with lookalikes. I don't think <ad.aru> is
related to the rest. I may be wrong, but it looks like a purely
Dravidian word. <devada:ru-> 'Cedrus deodara' is of course literally
'divine tree'.

Piotr

>
> ad.aru = twig; ad.iri = small and thin branch of a tree; ad.ari =
> small branches (Ka.); ad.aru = a twig (Te.)(DEDR 67).
>
> d.ar = a branch of a tree; dare = a tree, a plant; to grow, to grow
> well; ban: darelena = it did not grow well; toa dare = mother, the
> support of life (Santali) dare kudrum = cultivated for its fibre,
> hibiscus cannabinus (Santali) de_vada_ru = Himalayan cedar (MBh.);
> de_vada_ruka (Pali); de_vada_ru (Pkt.); di_a_r (K.); dya_r (Ku.);
> dya_ra_n.i deodar forest (Ku.); dewa_r (N.)(CDIAL 6531). dru 'wood'
> (Skt.); druma 'tree' (Skt.); duma (Pali)