Re: [INDOLOGY] Fwd: sañj sajjate

[Harry Spier]

Dear Christophe

You wrote:

> So jy > jj can be diachronically explained by the " 'MIA' assimilation of
> the cluster -jy-" according to Oberlies; nevertheless, other historical
> explanations are possible  . . .
>

Another historical explanation is given by this very old source: Brugmann:
Elements of the Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages
(translation by Wright) .  He suggests sajjate is from Indo-Iranian
*sa-zj-a-
(pages 448-449)  Note:his abbreviation Ar. = Indo-Iranian.

Prim. Ar. azg = Skt. adg Av. azg,. . . But Prim.  Ar. *azj* passed through
*adj* into *aj*j in Skr. (cp. *ujjiti-ṣ* 'victory from **ud-jiti-ṣ *section
355). *majjām*i 'I duck' *majjan-* 'marrow' from the same root *mezg-.
sajjate* 'clings to something' from* *sa-zj-a-* redupl. (cp. *sa-sc-a-ti*
'follows' from *sac*'): cp. Lith. *segu* 'I fasten'.

Harry Spier


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