हेष्

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Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰáyṣ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰáyš-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰey- (“to drive, throw, wound”). Cognate with हिंस् (hiṃs, “to injure, harm”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's staff”), Old Irish gae (“spear”), Old English gār (“spear”).[1]

Root

हेष् • (heṣ)

  1. to be quick or strong or fiery
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably onomatopoeic. See also ह्रेष् (hreṣ, “to neigh”).[2]

Root

हेष् • (heṣ)[3]

  1. to neigh, whinny
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 820-1
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 821
  3. ^ William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 208
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