The meaning of Ved. bhari and the comparison with Hitt. parh- and DPerwa- Die Bedeutung von ved. bhari und der Vergleich mit heth. parh- und DPerwa-

Oettinger N (2020)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Historische Sprachforschung Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht

Book Volume: 133

Pages Range: 167-181

Journal Issue: 1

DOI: 10.13109/HISP.2020.133.1.167

Abstract

Ved. bharⁱ means ‘to stamp, to trample’. This meaning confirms the disputed relationship with Hitt. parh-^mi ‘to chase, to hunt’ and its derivation from PIE *b^herh2-. The Hittite text KUB 35.145 mentions the god Perwa- beside parhant- ‘chased’ in a characteristic situation. Therefore it is possible that Perwa- and parh-^mi are also related. Under these circumstances the most likely reconstruction of Perwa- is *b^hḗrh2uo- (or *b^hérh2uo-) ‘the chasing one’, denoting a god of wild animals. In this regard it is remarkable that all three, bharⁱ, parh-^mi and Perwa-, are connected with horses. The laryngeal in *b^hḗrh2uohas been deleted like in *h1erh2ueh2 > *h1erueh2 > *erā in Gr. ἔραζε ‘on the earth‘.

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Norbert Oettinger

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APA:

Oettinger, N. (2020). The meaning of Ved. bhari and the comparison with Hitt. parh- and DPerwa- Die Bedeutung von ved. bhari und der Vergleich mit heth. parh- und DPerwa-. Historische Sprachforschung, 133(1), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.13109/HISP.2020.133.1.167

MLA:

Oettinger, Norbert. "The meaning of Ved. bhari and the comparison with Hitt. parh- and DPerwa- Die Bedeutung von ved. bhari und der Vergleich mit heth. parh- und DPerwa-." Historische Sprachforschung 133.1 (2020): 167-181.

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