Some Remarks on a Eurasian Etymology from an Indo-European Point of View

Simon, Zsolt (2005) Some Remarks on a Eurasian Etymology from an Indo-European Point of View. Acta Orientalia, 58 (4). pp. 381-390. ISSN 0001-6446

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Abstract

This study presents a critical analysis of the hypothesis of M. M. Tatár on the origin of the Turkic word sarmysak, “garlic”. Taken by itself, Tatár's hypothesis looks plausible, but much more Indo-European evidence is needed in order to decide whether it is valid or not. During the investigation based on recent achievements of Indo-European linguistics, a more exact form of Proto-Indo-European lexeme “(wild) garlic”will be reconstructed; both more precise and new etymologies will be offered to New Persian, Khotanese, Sanskrit, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, and Hungarian words. The context of the assumed borrowings into Turkic and Mongolian languages will be drawn more exactly.

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