This paper argues that the standard etymology of Vedic bravi ‘to say, to speak, to tell’ from Proto-Indo-Euro-pean *mleu̯h2- ‘to speak’ (and its connection with Avestan mrao- ‘to say, to speak’) cannot be upheld, since it is based on an irregular consonant change that cannot be independently motivated and explained. As an al-ternative, two diff erent PIE verbal roots will be proposed, *melH-u- →mleu̯H- ‘to say, to speak’ and *bleu̯h2/3- ‘to speak or to call’, that provide phonologically and semantically regular bases for the words involved.
The Etymology of Vedic bravi ‘to say, to speak, to tell’ / Mastrangelo, Carmela; Simon, Zsolt. - In: ACTA ORIENTALIA ACADEMIAE SCIENTIARUM HUNGARICAE. - ISSN 0001-6446. - 74:4(2021), pp. 555-563. [10.1556/062.2021.00178]
The Etymology of Vedic bravi ‘to say, to speak, to tell’
Carmela Mastrangelo;
2021
Abstract
This paper argues that the standard etymology of Vedic bravi ‘to say, to speak, to tell’ from Proto-Indo-Euro-pean *mleu̯h2- ‘to speak’ (and its connection with Avestan mrao- ‘to say, to speak’) cannot be upheld, since it is based on an irregular consonant change that cannot be independently motivated and explained. As an al-ternative, two diff erent PIE verbal roots will be proposed, *melH-u- →mleu̯H- ‘to say, to speak’ and *bleu̯h2/3- ‘to speak or to call’, that provide phonologically and semantically regular bases for the words involved.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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