Reconstruction:Old Persian/Rōcakah

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Old Persian

Etymology

Later contraction of *Raucakah.^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Rōcakah m

a male given name

Descendants

→ Ancient Greek: Ῥοισάκης (Rhoisákēs), Ῥωσάκης (Rhōsákēs)
- → Latin: Rhoesacēs, Rhōsacēs

References

^ Hinz, Walther (1975) “*raučaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1382. *Raučaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 284

[1] Hinz, Walther (1975) “*raučaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202

[2] Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1382. *Raučaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 284

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