[INDOLOGY] Doom and dharma

[Matthew Scarborough]

Dear colleagues, 

I would refer you to the most recent etymological handbooks: 

Mayrhofer's _Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen_, Vol. I
(Heidelberg, 1992) pp. 778-780 derives Vedic _dhárman-_ 'Stütze, fester
Halt, feststehende Ordnung, Gesetz' and derivatives as nominal
derivatives to Vedic √dhar- 'halten, festhalten' and ultimately to PIE
*dʰer- 'make firm, fix' (cf. Rix et al. _Lexikon der indogermanischen
Verben_ 2e pp.145-146 for further cognates). 

As for Proto-Germanic *dōma- 'verdict, evaluation' on the other hand, it
is typically derived from PIE *dʰoh₁-mo-, a derivative of PIE *dʰeh₁-
'to put, place', cf. Orel, _A Handbook of Germanic Etymology_ (Leiden,
2003) p.73, Kroonen, _Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic_
(Leiden, 2013) p.98, and, e.g., Lehmann, _A Gothic Etymological
Dictionary_ (Leiden, 1986) p.93. 

As such, the similarity between Vedic _dhárman- _and English _doom_ is a
chance resemblance with no common etymology linking the two together,
not even as a root etymology. 

I hope you find this email is helpful. 

Kind regards, 

Matthew Scarborough

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Dr. M. J. C. Scarborough

On 2019-08-18 21:23, Simon Brodbeck via INDOLOGY wrote:

> Dear colleagues, 
> 
> Can anyone comment on the etymological link (if any) between the word "doom" and the word "dharma"? 
> 
> Thanks in advance ... 
> 
> Simon Brodbeck 
> Cardiff University 
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