Re: [tied] svere^pý

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 62544
Date: 2009-01-21

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Subject: [tied] svere^pý




http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/62522
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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