Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/SáraswatiH
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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian edit
Etymology edit
From *sáraswāns ~ *sáraswatas (“marshy”) + *-iH, from *sáras (“marsh”) + *-wāns.[1]
Proper noun edit
*SáraswatiH f
- Sarasvati (a mythical river, perhaps identified with the Helmand river in Afghanistan)
Descendants edit
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *SáraswatiH
- Sanskrit: सरस्वती (sárasvatī, “mythical river in the Rigveda; Hindu goddess of knowledge; Ghaggar-Hakra river in South Asia”)
- Proto-Iranian: *hárahwatiH
References edit
- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 708