Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hrákšati

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.

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti, from *h₂lek- + *-seti.

*Hrákšati

1. to protect, guard

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrákṣati
  • Sanskrit: रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati, “to guard, protect”)^[1] (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *Hráxšati^[2]
  • Northwestern Iranian:
    • Parthian: *raxši
      • → Old Armenian: երաշխիք (erašxikʻ, “pledge, guarantee”)
        • Armenian: երաշխիք (erašxikʻ)
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *aHráxšati (+ *aH-)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Ossetian: (“to fit, match”)

        Digor Ossetian: арӕхсун (aræxsun)

        Iron Ossetian: арӕхсын (aræxsyn)

      • Sogdian:

        Buddhist: (’’r’xst, “to rely on, trust”)

  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Hraxšakarah (+ *Hákart + *-ah)
    • Southwestern Iranian:
      • Middle Persian: lškl (/⁠laškar⁠/, “army”) (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *patiHráxšati (+ *pati-)
    • Northeastern Iranian:
      • Khotanese: pārṣṣa (“antidote”)