Ṛgvedic satyá
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2824540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J C Wright (0000-0001-7878-0252, SOAS University of London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-526 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00019327 |
| OpenAlex | W4231724177 |
| Language | RO |
| Citations received | 1 |
That Sanskrit satyá (Avestan haiθiia) derives from sánt is by no means so certain as Georges-Jean Pinault has recently claimed, and as the standard etymological dictionary (both KEWA, III, and EWA, I) maintains. The picture has altered since (as noted already in KEWA) Elmar Seebold finally disposed of the existence of a Germanic *sun∂jaz, which had seemed to correspond in form as well as meaning with Sanskrit satyá 'true'. Gothic sunja 'truth' (>*sun∂ī: Seebold, art. cit., 25, 36) offers no support for the notion of a -ya derivative from the participle. At the same time, Karl Hoffmann had sought to withdraw the support of Agni's epithet santya, by explaining it as 'being together: (etwa) Mitbewohner' from a *sóm-tiyo which otherwise, as in Germanic (English soft), develops a sense 'appropriate, agreeable: angenehm'. To this may now be added the consideration that Paul Thieme has thought (oral communication) to explain satyá, with IE *sem- 'one, together' in mind, as 'einig, übereinstimmend' from a *sm-tyó. The latter would show more primitive Ablaut and more literal meaning than *sóm-tiyo, but both words would thus be close relatives of samydk 'together, properly
Art · Epistemology · Epithet · Etymology · Linguistics · Literal (mathematical logic) · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Participle · Sanskrit · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |