Grammaticalization of reciprocal pronouns in Indo-Aryan: evidence from Sanskrit and Indo-European for a diachronic typology of reciprocal constructions

This paper focuses on the evolution of the Old Indo-Aryan reciprocal pronoun anyo’nya- as well as some related forms, tracing its grammaticalization from the early Vedic period onwards until the beginning of the Middle Indic period. On the basis of a comparison of the history of this formation with similar processes documented in some other Indo-European branches (Greek, Slavic etc.), I uncover some basic mechanisms and scenarios of the evolution of reciprocal constructions attested in the history of Indo-Aryan languages in a diachronic typological context, offering a number of typological generalizations on the diachrony of reciprocals