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sāretuṁ

sāretī

causative infinitive of sāretī, from denominative verb based on sāra (heartwood); here expressing purpose or direction

1. to make firm or solid
2. to strengthen
3. to cause to last

Built from

• sāra — root · heartwood, core
  The dense inner wood of a tree, metaphorically the strong or essential part of something. Concrete sense of durability underlies the meaning 'to strengthen'.
• -tu — ending · causative infinitive
  Causative suffix -e- combined with infinitive -tu; construes the verb as an action to be effected or a purpose to be achieved.

Analysis. sāra (heartwood, core, essence) + -etu (causative infinitive suffix), originally 'to make into heartwood', hence to strengthen or consolidate

Etymology. Related to Sanskrit śāra (essential, strong part). The underlying noun sāra means heartwood of a tree, concrete imagery of strength and durability extended to inner resilience. No clear Indo-European cognate.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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