Reconstruction:Old Persian/Raucakah

This Old Persian 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.

Old Persian

Etymology

From 𐎼𐎢𐎨𐏃 (r-u-c-h /⁠raucah⁠/, “light; day”) +‎ 𐎣 (k /⁠-kaʰ⁠/, hypocoristic suffix).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

*Raucakah m^[3]^[1]^[2]

a male given name

Descendants

Late Old Persian: Rōcakah
- → Ancient Greek: Ῥωσάκης (Rhōsákēs)
  - → Latin: Rhōsacēs
→ Ancient Greek: Ῥοισάκης (Rhoisákēs)
- → Latin: Rhoesacēs
→ Achaemenid Elamite: 𒊏𒌋𒄑𒍝𒋡 (ra-u-iz-za-ka₄ /⁠Rauizaka⁠/), 𒊏𒌋𒍝𒋡 (ra-u-za-ka₄ /⁠Rauzaka⁠/), 𒊏𒌋𒍨𒋡 (ra-u-zik-ka₄ /⁠Rauzika⁠/), 𒊏𒄑𒍝𒀝𒋡 (ra-iz-za-ak-ka₄ /⁠Raizaka⁠/), 𒊒𒄑𒍨𒋡 (ru-iz-zi[k]-ka₄ /⁠Ruizika⁠/), 𒊏𒍨𒋡 (ra-zik-ka₄ /⁠Razika⁠/)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*raučaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1382. *Raučaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 284
^ Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ῥοισάκης, Ῥωσάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262a

[Hinz-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Hinz, Walther (1975) “*raučaka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 202

[Tavernier-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.1382. *Raučaka-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 284

[3] Justi, Ferdinand (1895) “Ῥοισάκης, Ῥωσάκης”, in Iranisches Namenbuch‎^[2] (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262a

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