S. rhanc adj. “awkward, hard” (Category: Difficult)

S. rhanc, adj. “awkward, hard” (Category: Difficult)

G. arc “fierce, harsh, ill tempered; awkward, difficult”

Reference ✧ PE17/154 ✧ “awkward, hard”

Cognates

• Q. hranga “awkward, difficult, stiff, hard” ✧ PE17/154

Derivations

• < √SRAG “awkward, awry; hard, (very) difficult” ✧ PE17/154 (SRAK)

Phonetic Developments

√SRAK > rhanc

[sraŋka] > [r̥aŋka] > [r̥raŋkʰa] > [r̥aŋxa] > [r̥aŋx] > [r̥aŋk]

✧ PE17/154

S. rhae adj. “easy” (Category: Easy)

Reference ✧ PE17/172 ✧ “easy”

Cognates

• Q. hrai(a)² “easy” ✧ PE17/172 (hraia)

Derivations

• < √SRAY “easy, pliant, moving with ease” ✧ PE17/172 (SRA/SRAYA)

Phonetic Developments

√SRA/SRAYA > rhae

[sraja] > [r̥aja] > [r̥aia] > [r̥ai] > [r̥ae]

✧ PE17/172