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The general phenomenon of vowel gradation, including vṛddhi formation, has been extensively studied and documented as part of Sanskrit's vigorous grammatical tradition, most importantly in the
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The above example also displays the stressing of the thematic vowel when it already exists. It is this later version of proto-vṛddhi which is displayed in Sanskrit's lengthened vṛddhi grade.
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in a position which does not necessarily match that of the original vowel, and appends an accented thematic vowel (or accents any existing final thematic vowel). For example:
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However, in a later stage of the language this appears to have extended to non-ablauting noun stems that already contained
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noun stems, with the meaning "of, belonging to, descended from". To form a vṛddhi-derivative, one takes the
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Vṛddhi itself has its origins in proto-vṛddhi, a process in the early stage of the
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in general. The feature is considered to have been inherited from the
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of the ablauting stem (i.e. removes the vowel), inserts the vowel *
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The full pattern of vowel gradation can be observed as follows:
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Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme
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Motilal Banarsidass. 330:"burden" (first grade, full grade, or 1362:Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture 1233:Indo-European Etymological Dictionary 923: 886: 680: 277: 50: 676: 674: 672: 670: 30:given to the strongest grade in the 1209:Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben 831:Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben 827: 767: 13: 1225:Nomina im Indogermanischen Lexikon 867: 785:Indo-European Language and Culture 32:vowel gradation system of Sanskrit 16:Strongest grade of vowel gradation 14: 1406: 707: 667: 783:Fortson, Benjamin W. IV (2004). 162:", lit. "skyling" (cf. Sanskrit 776: 761: 645: 636: 627: 618: 752: 740: 686: 609: 580: 1: 1346:Proto-Indo-European mythology 661: 1256:Proto-Indo-European homeland 951:Proto-Indo-European language 598:formed from the verbal root 524:Proto-Indo-European language 237:) → proto-vṛddhi derivative 77:Proto-Indo-European language 7: 1351:Proto-Indo-European society 601: 588: 338: 320: 310: 251: 228: 216:"father-in-law" (cf. Latin 166: 120: 38:. 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Index

morphophonology
vowel gradation system of Sanskrit
of Proto-Indo-European
Sanskrit
[ˈʋr̩d̪ːʱi]
Proto-Indo-European
Proto-Indo-European language
ablauting
zero-grade
*dyew-
Latin
diēs
Sanskrit
dyú
Hittite
*deyw-ó-s
sky god
de
deus
*swéḱur-o-
socer
Sanskrit
śváśura
*swēḱur-ó-
śvāśurá
Old High German
swāgur
Sanskrit grammar § grammatical tradition
Sanskrit grammar § morphophonology
Aṣṭādhyāyī

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