सृक

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European root *selǵ-. However, the exact PIE form from which this word derives is less clear. The expected nominative case of the PIE root's thematic noun form is *sl̥ǵos, which reflexes in Sanskrit as सृग (sṛga), a word which like सृक means "arrow, spear." The final क(ka) in सृक can be obtained if one hypothesizes an athematic PIE noun *sl̥ǵ that would reflex in Sanskrit as सृक् (sr̥k) due to devoicing of final consonants, followed by its reanalysis as a thematic noun to give सृक (sr̥ka).

Monier-Williams suggests a derivation from the Sanskrit roots which in turn derive from PIE *selǵ: सृ (sṛ, “to run , flow , speed , glide”) or सृज् (sṛj, “to throw, cast, eject”), and also proposes a derivation from an obsolete root सृक् (sṛk, “to be pointed”).

Noun

सृक • (sṛka) ?

1. an arrow , spear
2. wind
3. a lotus flower

References

Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1245