Can medieval sleeping habits fix America’s insomnia?

Re:Can medieval sleeping habits fix America’s insomnia? by kranner on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:02AM (#30137756)

That would have been fun! But in this case it doesn't work. The PIE root is *h₁ger-

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E...

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Re:Can medieval sleeping habits fix America’s insomnia? by samatman on Sunday January 30, 2022 @10:33AM (#30137997)

Except this appears to be a mistake! (Read on, it isn't)

If we follow the Sanskrt we get the cognate jaagarti: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/जागर्ति#Sanskrit

Which lists the root as *h₁ger- (“to be awake, to awaken”).

But that root is missing from Wiktionary, which isn't a good sign, but compare:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Eur...

Although tracing this forward I see the obvious derivatives (vajra, vaaja) and it would be peculiar, but not unheard of, for the word to take two mutations.

I'm basically on a random walk at this point, but here's that missing root again https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ἐγείρω#Ancient_Greek and I am once again left wondering...

Exitare! Ok. Nope completely different roots. Someone should really write up *h₁ger- it's pretty important...

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