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The Indo-European Elements in Hurrian

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144 8. Comparison of <strong>Hurrian</strong> and <strong>Indo</strong>-<strong>European</strong> Vocabularies<br />

APPENDIX<br />

<strong>The</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g roots can be traced back to the common ancestor of Proto-<strong>Indo</strong>-<strong>European</strong> and<br />

<strong>Hurrian</strong>:<br />

*bheHø- (> *bhā-) ‘to strike’<br />

*bher-/*bhor-/*bh3- ‘to bear, to carry’<br />

*bher-ĝh-/*bhor-ĝh-/*bh3-ĝh-‘(adj.) high, tall; great, strong; (n.) mounta<strong>in</strong>, hill’<br />

*bherH÷ĝ-, *bhreH÷ĝ- (> *bhrēĝ-) ‘to sh<strong>in</strong>e, to gleam, to be bright’<br />

*bhewdh-/*bhowdh-/*bhudh- ‘to be or become aware of; to prompt, to arouse, to exhort’<br />

*day(Hú)-/*di(Hú)- (> *d÷-) ‘to divide’ (earlier *may[Hú]-) or *daHúy- (> *dāy-) (earlier<br />

*maHúy-)<br />

*d»/*dk ‘to, towards; from’<br />

*debh-/*dobh- ‘to beat, to hit, to strike, to harm, to <strong>in</strong>jure’ (earlier *mebh-/*mobh-)<br />

*deH÷- (> *dē-) ‘to lack, to need’ (earlier *meH÷-)<br />

*dei-/*doi-/*di- ‘to sh<strong>in</strong>e, to be bright’<br />

*del-/*dol-/*dC- ‘to stretch, to extend, to lengthen’<br />

*del-/*dol-/*dC- ‘to split, to cleave’ (earlier *mel-/*mol-/*mC-)<br />

*der-/*dor-/*d3- ‘to run, to flow’<br />

*dew-/*dow-/*du- ‘to hit, to strike’<br />

*dew-/*dow-/*du- ‘to be or become fit, pure; to purify, to bless’<br />

*doHú- (> *dō-) ‘to give’<br />

*dhaĝh- ‘beautiful, f<strong>in</strong>e, good, harmonious, abundant’<br />

*dhal- ‘to bloom; to be leafy, lush’<br />

*dheH÷- (> *dhē-) ‘to say, to speak’<br />

*dheH÷- (> *dhē-) ‘(vb.) to put, to place, to set; to do; (n.) th<strong>in</strong>g done, deed; sett<strong>in</strong>g, plac<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

putt<strong>in</strong>g’<br />

*dhel-/*dhol-/*dhC- ‘to gash, to wound, to slay’<br />

*dhem-/*dhom-/*dhi- ‘to become dark, to make dark, to darken’<br />

*dhen-/*dhon-/*dh‚- ‘to cover’<br />

*dher-/*dhor-/*dh3- ‘to gush forth, to burst forth, to spurt’ (earlier *mher-/*mhor-/*mh3-)<br />

*dher-/*dhor-/*dh3- ‘to go down, to fall down’<br />

*dher-bh-/*dhor-bh-/*dh3-bh- ‘to strive, to toil; to afflict, to irk’<br />

*ĝen-/*ĝon-/*ĝ‚- ‘to kneel, to bow down’<br />

*ĝenu-, *ĝnew- ‘knee’<br />

*ĝ3H-no- (> *ĝ5no-) ‘gra<strong>in</strong>’<br />

*ghebh- ‘to give’<br />

*g¦edh-/*g¦odh- ‘to strike, to beat, to smash’<br />

*g¦el-/*g¦C- ~ *g¦l- ‘to call out, to cry out’<br />

*H÷am(m)a- (> *am(m)a) nursery word: ‘mother, grandmother’<br />

*H÷atta- (> *atta-) nursery word: ‘father’<br />

*H÷e-no-, *H÷o-no- (> *e-no-, *o-no-) demonstrative pronoun stem: ‘that, yonder’<br />

*H÷endh-/*H÷‚dh- (> *endh-/*‚dh-) ‘here, there; thereupon, then; when’<br />

*H÷ep- ‘to cook’

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