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Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (to move, churn). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *rìnǫti, Old English rinnan (whence English run).

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Root edit

रि (ri)

  1. to release, set free, let go
  2. to sever, detach from
  3. to yield, bestow
  4. to be shattered or dissolved, melt, become fluid, drop, flow

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References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 881/2.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 139
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 437-8; 451