Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂rey-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-European

Etymology

    Reanalysed root of *h₂réyti, from *h₂reh₁- (to think; to count) +‎ *-éyti (*éy-present suffix).[1]

    Root

    *h₂rey-[1][2]

    1. to count, count out[2][3]
    2. to arrange[4]

    Alternative reconstructions

    Extensions

    *h₂rey-dʰ(h₁)- (to put in order)[4]
    • *h₂réy-dʰ-t ~ *h₂ri-dʰ-ént (athematic root aorist)
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Latvian: rist (to put in order)
    • *h₂roy-dʰ(h₁)-ó-s[4]
      • Proto-Germanic: *raidaz (ready, arranged), *raidijaz[4] (see there for further descendants)
      • Balto-Slavic:
        • Latvian: raids (ready)
    • *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: ἀριθμός (arithmós, number) (see there for further descendants)

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂rey- (15 c, 0 e)
    • *h₂ri-né-H-ti
      • Proto-Celtic: *rināti[6] (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₂riH-mo-m
      • Proto-Celtic: *rīmā (number, count)[7][1] (from collective *h₂riH-meh₂ or *h₂réy-meh₂) (see there for further descendants)
      • Proto-Germanic: *rīmą (number, calculation)[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • *h₂réy-tus ~ *h₂ri-téw-s
    • *n̥-h₂ri-to-s[1]
      • Proto-Hellenic:
        • Ancient Greek: νήριτος (nḗritos, countless)

    Unsorted formations:

    • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rendas (row)[8]
      • Lithuanian: rindà
      • Latvian: rinda
      • Proto-Slavic: *rędъ (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rima-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
    2. 2.0 2.1 Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 320:*hₐrei(hₓ)- 'number, count (out)
    3. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀριθμός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131:*h₂rei- 'count'
    4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*raid(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402:*h₂rei-dʰh₁- "to put in order"
    5. ^ Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2024) “*h₂reyH-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²[3], page 38
    6. 6.0 6.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ri-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
    7. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rīmā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
    8. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “Proto-Indo-European/h₂rey-”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[4] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN