Cognate Set 690 – Meaning: count
- IE-CoR reference form:
- gaṇá-
- IE-CoR reference language:
- Vedic
- Ideophonic:
- no
- Parallel derivation:
- no
- Justification:
- Indo-Iranic lexemes as though from Sanskrit gaṇáyati 'counts' (Turner 1962–1966:213 no.3993), a denominal formation to Sanskrit gaṇá- 'multitude, number, series', without further certain etymology outside of Indo-Iranic (EWAia I:458-459).
- Found in clades:
- Indic
- Revised by:
- Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 14 lexemes.
- References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred: I:458-459
Cf. s.v. Ved. gaṇá- 'Schar, Reihe, Gefolge, Anhang, kleinere Heeresabteilung'. Ved. gaṇá- probably originally meaning *'Zahl', to judge from the verb gaṇá-y° 'zählen', cf. also *gr̥nti- 'counting' (T. 4234). No further consensus on an etymology.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley: 213
S.v. 3993 Skt. gaṇáyati 'counts'.