an etymological journey from the Ganges to the Thames ...... (n.b. In this blog, the symbol ♣ is used to mean “is cognate with.”)
चमड़ा چمڑا ♣ Eng. shear, score
[camṛā], m. leather, hide, skin.
[◀MIA: Pk. Pa. camma- n. ‘leather, shield’ ◀OIA cárman- n. ‘hide, skin’ RV. ◀PIE *(s)ker-, (s)kerǝ-, (s)krē- ‘to cut’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. shear, share, short, sharp, shrub ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. score, skirt, screen, carnal ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0442; (Turner, 1966) 4701; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 262; (MW, 1899) 0390; (Pokorny, 1959) 0938; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 1.537
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