Etymological Experiments and Corrections

Authors

  • HOVHANNES ZAKARYAN Research and Education Center "Tatev"

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:B/2017.8.2.071

Keywords:

the Armenian language, etymology, Protoindoeuropean, root, derivative, determinative, vowel gradation, root variants

Abstract

The present article, proceeding from morpho-semantic analyses and analyses of linguistic universals, offers to derive a number of Armenian words, still not etymologized or considered to be borrowings, from PIE root *smē- (*smeī-, *sm-ei-) "to smear, rub" and its derivative variants (extended by root determinatives and framed by different ablaut steps). They are: մերսել "massage" [<*mer-k՚-], մարզել "to train" [<*mŗ-g՛h-], մաշտել "scrape off" [<*(s)mǝ(r)-s-], մշտել "poke" [<*(s)mō(r)-s-], մարմանդ "mild" [<*(s)mǝr-m-], մրափ "slumber" [<*(s)mōr-], մզել "squeeze" [<*(s)mō-(r)-g՛h-], մերժել "reject" [<*(s)mer-gwh-] etc.

Published

2021-07-19

How to Cite

ZAKARYAN, H. . (2021). Etymological Experiments and Corrections. Bulletin of Yerevan University B: Philology, 8(2(23). https://doi.org/10.46991/BYSU:B/2017.8.2.071

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