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.

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”).^[1][2] However, Cheung appears to be skeptical of this.^[3]

*rayš-

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

• *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”)