Reconstruction:Sanskrit/युट्

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• यौट् (yauṭ), यौड् (yauḍ)
• जुट् (juṭ), जुड् (juḍ)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Possibly borrowed from a local non-Indo-Aryan substrate. This is supported by the fact some descendants have -ḷ- and -l- in place of the retroflex stop, like Marathi जुळणे (juḷṇe), which is common in substrate-origin terms.

Turner posits that all forms of this root may have originated from *युट्ट (yuṭṭa), which was a Middle Indo-Aryan replacement for युक्त (yukta, “yoked, joined”), from युज् (yuj), from Proto-Indo-European *yewg- (“to yoke”); for this, compare the development of त्रुट् (truṭ). In this case, descendant forms with -ḷ- and -l- are from a collision with Prakrit 𑀚𑀼𑀅𑀮 (juala), from युगल (yugala, “pair”).

Regardless, descendants show that this root was influenced by युज् (yuj); compare Marathi जोडा (joḍā, “shoe”), from this root, with Hindi जूता (jūtā, “shoe”), from युज् (yuj).

Attested Sanskrit यौट् (yauṭ) and जुट् (juṭ) are almost certainly Sanskritization of the Prakrit forms.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /juʈ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /juʈ/

Root

*युट् • (yuṭ)

1. to join

Derived terms

Primary Verbal Forms

• *युटति (*yuṭati, Present)
• यौटति (yauṭati, “joins”, Present)
• यौडति (yauḍati, Present)
• जुटति (juṭati, “binds”, Present)
• जुडति (juḍati, Present)

Secondary Forms

• *युट्यति (*yuṭyati, Passive)
• *योटयति (*yoṭayati, Causative)

Non-Finite Forms

• *युट्ट (*yuṭṭa, Past Participle)

Derived Nominal Forms

• *योट (yoṭa, “twin, pair”)
• योटक (yoṭaka, “combination of stars, constellation”)

Descendants

Terms derived from the Sanskrit root *युट्‎ (3 c, 0 e)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “Sanskrit/युट्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 423, 858, 859.