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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.
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Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃riH-yé-ti, from *h₃reyH- (“to flow”) + *-yéti.
Verb
*HriHyáti
- to flow, stream
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *HriHyáti
- Sanskrit: रीयते (rī́yate, 3sg.med.pres)
- Proto-Iranian: *HriHyáti (“to defecate”)[1]
- Middle Persian: [script needed] (lytn /rīdan/)
- Northern Kurdish: rîtin
References
- ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*HraiH”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 188