𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝
Prakrit
Etymology
Uncertain. Sanskrit क्षोट् (kṣoṭ, “to throw”) and क्षोटयति (kṣoṭayati, “throws”) are likely Sanskritizations.
Tedesco derives the root from a de-compounding of Middle Indic [script needed] (*uc-chuṭṭa-), from उत्सृष्ट (utsṛṣṭa, “let loose”), from उत्- (ut-, “upon”) + सृष्ट (sṛṣṭa, “let go, discharged, thrown”). He considers Hindi छोड़ना (choṛnā, “to release; to leave”) to be descended from the Prakrit root in the "release" sense, but leaves the origin of the "leave" sense open, explaining the pigeonholing of both meanings onto छोड़ (choṛ) as a case of secondary semantic leveling.
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References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ksutyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Monier Williams (1899) “𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 333/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133
- P. M. Tedesco (1953) “Sanskrit Ā-mreḍ- ‘To Repeat’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 73, number 2, American Oriental Society, page 81b
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