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Indo-Arica III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

R. L. Turner
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Whatever was the original meaning of IE *sneigwh-, it is clear that it already meant ‘snow’ in the time of Indo-European community. Words of that group are to be found in all branches of Indo-European except Hittite, Albanian, Armenian, and Tocharian (of which in any case the recorded vocabulary is small).

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , October 1956 , pp. 449 - 452
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1956

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page 449 note 1Communication from Professor W. B. Henning.

page 449 note 2According to a communication from Professor W. B. Henning this may represent snaēžāna-, i.e. a present participle of snaēžaiti beside snaēžant-.

page 449 note 3Willman-Grabowska, H. (‘Le chien dans l'Avesta et dans les Védas’, Rocznik Orjenialistyczny, VIII,[for] 1931–2, [pub.] 1934, 57–8)Google Scholar translates this word, as applied to a wolf, ‘écumant de bave’, as applied to a dog, ‘caressant’, but without offering any reasons for the latter.

Pisani, V. (‘Avest. snaēžana’, Rivista degli Studi Orientali, XV, 1935, 364)Google Scholar supports Willman-Grabowska and compares (1) ‘geifernd’ with OSlav. ‘snowy’ and (2) ‘caressant’ with OSlav. ‘carezzevole’, which he equates as a form without initial s- with Skt. snihyati ‘is affectionate’, snigdhá- ‘oily, soft, dear’, snehaḥ ‘grease, love’, and refers to Miklosich, Etym. Wb. der slav. Spr., Wien, 1886, 215.

page 451 note 1Mr. A. Master kindly drew my attention to these.