Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/Hrákšati

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti, from *h₂lek- + *-seti.

Verb

*Hrákšati

to protect, guard

Descendants

Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrákṣati
- Sanskrit: रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati, “to guard, protect”)^[1] (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Iranian: *Hráxšati^[2]
- Northwestern Iranian:
  - Parthian: *raxši
    - → Old Armenian: երաշխիք (erašxikʻ, “pledge, guarantee”)
      - Armenian: երաշխիք (erašxikʻ)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *aHráxšati (+ *aH-)
  - Northeastern Iranian:
    - Ossetian: (“to fit, match”)
      Digor Ossetian: арӕхсун (aræxsun)
      
      Iron Ossetian: арӕхсын (aræxsyn)
    - Sogdian:
      Buddhist: [script needed] (’’r’xst, “to rely on, trust”)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *Hraxšakarah (+ *Hákart + *-ah)
  - Southwestern Iranian:
    - Middle Persian: lškl (/⁠laškar⁠/, “army”) (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Proto-Iranian: *patiHráxšati (+ *pati-)
  - Northeastern Iranian:
    - Khotanese: pārṣṣa (“antidote”)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hraxš”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*Hraxš”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 196

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