Cognate Set 2398 – Meaning: sand
- IE-CoR reference form:
- vālukā-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Sanskrit
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Proposed as cognate to:
-
*warVnce [Proto-Tocharian]
scale: 0
- Justification:
- Middle and Modern Indic lexemes from Sanskrit vālukā- 'sand' (Turner 1962–1966:675, no. 11580). Further etymology uncertain, cf. KEWA III:196, EWAia II:547 for discussion of various conjectures.
- Found in clades:
- Indic, Iranic
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 2 clades by 11 lexemes.
- References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred: III:196
S.v. Skt. vālukā- 'Sand / sand' (pāli vālukā-, prākr. vāluā-, hindī bālū, bārū 'sand'). Not convincingly explained.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:547
S.v. Skt. vālukā- 'Sand' (Mi. , ni., etc. pā. vālukā- 'Sand', etc.). Etymology unclear.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley: 675
S.v. 11580 Skt. vālukā- f. 'sand, gravel' ŚvetUp.