[INDOLOGY] When -akṣ- becomes -ekh- ?

[Lubomír Ondračka]

See the first volume of SK Chatterji's ODBL (The Origin and Development 
of Bengali Language) for a detailed explanation of all these 
phonological changes. Although primarily focused on Bengali, the author 
often discusses other MIA and NIA languages (including Oriya).

Specifically for Oriya, see Paresh Chandra Majumdar, A Historical 
Phonology of Oṛiyā (Calcutta: Sanskrit College, 1970), basically 
following ODBL.

The change a>e is mostly caused by vowel harmony.

L.

On 18/06/2024 03:41, Westin Harris via INDOLOGY wrote:
> Greetings Indologists,
>
> I am posting for a colleague who is working with a "very bright 
> undergraduate student" on a research paper that falls slightly outside 
> her (and my) areas of expertise.
>
> Her student is looking for thoughts/sources that discuss the evolution 
> of -akṣ- to -ekh- in certain South Asian vernaculars. Some examples 
> that immediately come to my mind are "Gorekha" (from gorakṣa) and 
> "Alekha" (from alakṣya) in Odia.
>
> They are also looking for sources discussing how such phonetic changes 
> can impact orthography (like how some phonetic changes come to be 
> reflected in writing, while others are not?) and/or meaning (like how 
> Odia "alekha" takes on the semantic range of both a+√lakṣ and a+√likh?).
>
> Thank you all.
>
>
> *Sincerely,*
>
> *Westin Harris*
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Study of Religion
> University of California, Davis
> https://religionsgrad.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris 
> <https://religions.ucdavis.edu/people/westin-harris>
>
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>
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