Old Literary Tibetan scogs (CT sogs) “among others”: Etymology, constructions, and idiomatisation

The paper is the first attempt at reconstructing the word-family of scogs “among others” and detecting its manifold uses in OLT texts. The morpheme is traced back to a v4-stem of the verb √sʦog (CT v1 gsog ), lit. “to cause to assemble”, itself derived from the verb root √ʦog by means of the causative prefix s -. After discussing its probable cognates and demonstrating historical links between them, I examine the ten constructions attested in the OLT corpus which contain the morpheme: finite clause, adverbial clause with past passive participle (I & II), post-head relative clause, R-dislocation, relative clause extraposition, pre-head relative clause, off-subject nominalisation, and idiomatic phrase (I & II). The paper sketches the lexicalisation path taken by the morpheme from a finite verb to an idiomatic phrase.