Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hráȷ́ištʰas
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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. |
Proto-Indo-Iranian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵ-isth₂-o-s, from *h₃reǵ- (“straight”) + *-isth₂os.
Adjective
edit*Hráȷ́ištʰas[1]
- superlative degree of *Hr̥ȷ́úš (“straight, correct”): straightest
Descendants
edit- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hráȷ́iṣṭʰas
- Sanskrit: रजिष्ठ (rájiṣṭha)
- Proto-Iranian: *Hrájištah
- Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀 (razišta)
References
edit- ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) “r̥jú-”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University