Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/rayš-

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)rey-s, an s-extension of *rey- (“to scratch, cut, tear”), and connected to Sanskrit लिख् (likh, “to write”), Old Norse rista (“to cut, carve”) and Lithuanian risums (“fissure, slit”). However, Cheung appears to be skeptical of this.

Root

*rayš-

1. to be hurt, to be wounded, to suffer injury

Derived terms

• *ríšyati
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *ríṣyati
    • Sanskrit: रिष्यति (ríṣyati)
  • Proto-Iranian: *ríšyati
    • Avestan: 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬱𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (ⁱrišiieⁱti)
• *rayšás (“wound, injury”) (see there for further descendants)
• *rayšáyati (“to hurt, cause injury”)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *rayṣáyati
    • Sanskrit: रेषयति (reṣáyati)
  • Proto-Iranian: *rayšáyati
    • Avestan: *𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (*raēšaiieⁱti)
      • ⇒ Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬱𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬁𐬝 (raēšaiiāt̰)
• *rištás (“hurt, wounded, damaged”)
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *riṣṭás
    • Sanskrit: रिष्ट (riṣṭá)
  • Proto-Iranian: *rištáh
    • Avestan: 𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ⁱrišta)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Proto-Iranian:
    • Ossetian: рыст (ryst, “pain”)