द्राक्षा

Etymology
Of unclear origin.

Due to similar forms denoting various berry-type fruits found in various Indo-European branches, the word is traditionally derived from, from , from , from. Said similar words include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬; compare also the forms 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, which seem to be from a preform.

However, Mayrhofer notes that the variance of the word's secondary forms in Indo-Aryan, like and, as well as the word's lack of attestation in Vedic texts, suggest a borrowing from some foreign source rather than inheritance from Indo-Aryan. The exact language of borrowing is unclear, possibly Iranian, Greek, or some unknown language of Asia Minor. In this case, the word may be a Wanderwort, spreading to some or all of the supposed cognates via contact rather than inheritance (or the word was inherited in some branches but not Indo-Iranian, where it was borrowed instead).

An alternative theory by Oberlies takes the word as a re-Sanskritization of a hypothetical Middle Indic, itself from. This proposal is formally and semantically unconvincing, and has not been elaborated on further.

Noun

 * 1) grape, vine

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