स्कुनाति
Sanskrit
Etymology
The oldest form of the verb, आ स्कुनोति (ā skunóti, class 5) (AV 12,4,6), has the meaning 'make incisions into the ears of cattle'. From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₂- (“to poke, cut into, tear”), related to Hittite iskunant- (“spotted”) and Hittite iskunahhis (“marked”, 3sg.past), Lithuanian kiáuras (“perforated”), and maybe Proto-Germanic *hūdiz, Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kiáutas (“shell, rind, peel”) via the connection 'flaying' < 'tearing' (just as Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”) is from δέρω (dérō, “to flay”)).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sku.nɑ́ː.ti/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /s̪kuˈn̪ɑː.t̪i/
Verb
स्कुनाति • (skunā́ti) (root स्कु, class 9, type P)
- to pick, pluck, tear
- to poke
- to cover
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 751
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 561
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “Hūdi”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 493