Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₁erkʷ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*h₁erkʷ-

to praise, to shine
to sound bright

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Harč-
- Sanskrit: अर्च् (arc)
- Sanskrit: ऋच् (ŕc)
Old Armenian: երգ (erg, “sing”)
Hittite: [script needed] (ārku-^zi, “to sing”)
Proto-Celtic: *erkw-
- Old Irish: erc (“sky, heaven”)
- Proto-Celtic: *su-erkwis
  - Middle Irish: suairc (“pleasant, beautiful, radiant”)
Tocharian:
- Tocharian A: yärk
- Tocharian B: yarke

Derived terms

*h₁érkʷ-eti
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Harčati
  - Sanskrit: अर्चति (arcati)
  - Khotanese: [script needed] (āljis)
- Hittite: [script needed] (arkuwanzi)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 340, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 340
Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 356
Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 240

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