Indo-European gold in time and space Václav...
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Indo-European "gold" in time and space Václav Blažek 0. Besides the borrowings as Greek χρυσός "gold", Mycenaean ku-ru-so, adopted from the Semitic designation of "gold" (cf. Akkadian ḫurāṣu, Ugaritic ḫrṣ, Phoenician ḥrṣ, Hebrew ḥārûṣ id.), and innovations as Sanskrit suvárṇa- [Brāhmaṇa], lit. "of beautiful colour"; kánaka- [Brāhmaṇa] & kāñcaná- [Naighaṇṭuka] vs. Greek κνηκός, Doric κνᾱκός "yellowish"; hema- [Manu], vs. himá- "frost" [RV], "snow, ice" [Brāhmaṇa] etc., there are two sets of designations of "gold", one derived from the root (1) *ĝ h elH 3 - "yellow-green", second probably from the root (2) *H 2 eu ̯ s-/*H 2 u ̯ es- "to burn; be bright, become (morning) light". (1) The "golden"-derivatives from the root *ĝ h elH 3 - "yellow-green" are formed by the following suffixes: *ĝ h l ̥ H 3 -ni ̯ o- >Vedic híraṇya-; Avestan zaraniia-, Old Persian daraniya- "gold"; *ĝ h l ̥ H 3 -no- > Greek χλουνός · χρυσός [Hesychius] *ĝ h l ̥ H 3 -ro- > Phrygian γλουρός · χρυσός, γλούρεα · χρύσεα [Hesychius] ~ Greek χλωρός "green-yellow, yellowish"; *ĝ h l ̥ H 3 -to- > Germanic *gulþa-/*gulda- "gold"; *ĝ h elH 3 -to- > Latvian ze ̀ ̧ lts "gold", East Lithuanian žel ̃ tas "golden"; *ĝ h olH 3 -to- > Slavic *zolto "gold"; ?*ĝ h eH 3 l-to- / *ĝ h oH 3 l-to- > Sanskrit [ep., cl.] hāṭaka- "gold". (2) The "golden"-derivatives from the root *H 2 eu ̯ s-/*H 2 u ̯ es- "to burn; be bright, become (morning) light" may be divided into the following formations: Collective *H 2 u ̯ es-eH 2 > pre-Tocharian *wesā; Appurtenance-formation *H 2 u ̯ os-H 2 -o- > Common Luvian *washa-; Reduplication *H 2 e-H 2 us-H 2 -o- > Mycenaean-Italic-(?Celtic-)Baltic *au ̯ so-. Newly are in this study introduced the Luvian and Celtic data. Václav Blažek Department of Linguistics and Baltic Studies Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University; Brno Czech Republic <[email protected]>
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Indo-European "gold" in time and space
Václav Blažek
0. Besides the borrowings as Greek χρυσός "gold", Mycenaean ku-ru-so, adopted from the Semitic designation of "gold" (cf. Akkadian ḫurāṣu, Ugaritic ḫrṣ, Phoenician ḥrṣ, Hebrew ḥārûṣ id.), and innovations as Sanskrit suvárṇa- [Brāhmaṇa], lit. "of beautiful colour"; kánaka- [Brāhmaṇa] & kāñcaná- [Naighaṇṭuka] vs. Greek κνηκός, Doric κνᾱκός "yellowish"; hema- [Manu], vs. himá- "frost" [RV], "snow, ice" [Brāhmaṇa] etc., there are two sets of designations of "gold", one derived from the root (1) *ĝhelH3- "yellow-green", second probably from the root (2) *H2eus-/*H2ues- "to burn; be bright, become (morning) light". (1) The "golden"-derivatives from the root *ĝhelH3- "yellow-green" are formed by the following suffixes: *ĝhlH3-nio- >Vedic híraṇya-; Avestan zaraniia-, Old Persian daraniya- "gold"; *ĝhlH3-no- > Greek χλουνός · χρυσός [Hesychius] *ĝhlH3-ro- > Phrygian γλουρός · χρυσός, γλούρεα · χρύσεα [Hesychius] ~ Greek χλωρός "green-yellow, yellowish"; *ĝhlH3-to- > Germanic *gulþa-/*gulda- "gold"; *ĝhelH3-to- > Latvian zelts "gold", East Lithuanian želtas "golden"; *ĝholH3-to- > Slavic *zolto "gold"; ?*ĝheH3l-to- / *ĝhoH3l-to- > Sanskrit [ep., cl.] hāṭaka- "gold". (2) The "golden"-derivatives from the root *H2eus-/*H2ues- "to burn; be bright, become (morning) light" may be divided into the following formations: Collective *H2ues-eH2 > pre-Tocharian *wesā; Appurtenance-formation *H2uos-H2-o- > Common Luvian *washa-; Reduplication *H2e-H2us-H2-o- > Mycenaean-Italic-(?Celtic-)Baltic *auso-. Newly are in this study introduced the Luvian and Celtic data.
Václav Blažek Department of Linguistics and Baltic Studies
Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University; Brno Czech Republic
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