ak̂ru

    ak̂ru

    English meaning: “tear”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Träne”

    Material: Ved. áśru n., later also áśram “tear”, Av. asrū- n., Lith. ašara ̀ and ãšara f., Toch. А ükär pl. ükrunt ds., compare O.Ind. aśrüyümi, Lith. ãšaroju “cries”. The relationship to IE *dak̂ru “tear” is unsettled. compare Meillet BAL.-SLAV. 32, 141.

    Note: Root ak̂ru : “tear” derived from Root dak̂ru- : “tears”. The phonetic shift da- > a-, zero is a common Baltic Illyrian phonetic mutatIon. Compare Root del-5 : “long”: Balt with unexplained d-loss (see under): Lith. ìlgas, f. ilgà, Ltv. il̃gs, O.Pruss. ilga and ilgi adv. “long”: Hitt. nom. pl. da-lu-ga-e-eš (dalugaes) “long”, da-lu-ga-aš-ti (dalugasti) n. “length”. This is a sound proof of Aryan migration from the Baltic region to North India.

    References: WP. I 33, WH. I 746.