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-[2]

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

Alternative reconstructions

*h₂reyH-[5]

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”)
*h₂réy-dʰ-i-s[4]
- Proto-Celtic: *rēdis (“simple, easy”)[6]
*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-

*h₂réy-mo-s
- Proto-Celtic: *rīmā (“number, count”)[7][1] (< *h₂réy-meh₂) (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Germanic: *rīmą (“number, calculation”)[1] (see there for further descendants)
*h₂réy-tus ~ *h₂ri-téw-s
- Proto-Italic:
  - Latin: rītus
*n̥-h₂ri-to-s[1]
- Proto-Hellenic:
  - Ancient Greek: νήριτος (nḗritos, “countless”)

Unsorted formations:

Proto-Celtic: *rinati[8]
- Old Irish: renaid
>? Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rendas (“row”)[9]
- Lithuanian: rindà
- Latvian: rinda
- Proto-Slavic: *rędъ (see there for further descendants)

References

Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*rima-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
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)”
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'”
Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*raid(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402: “*h₂rei-dʰh₁- "to put in order"”
Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2015), “*h₂reyH-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rēdi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rīmā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ri-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “Proto-Indo-European/h₂rey-”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

[Kroonen_1-1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*rima-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413

[TOitPIEatPIEw-2] 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'”

[Kroonen_2-4] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*raid(j)a-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 402: “*h₂rei-dʰh₁- "to put in order"”

[5] Kümmel, Martin Joachim (2011–2015), “*h₂reyH-”, in Addenda und Corrigenda zu LIV²

[6] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rēdi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 306-307

[7] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*rīmā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313

[8] Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*ri-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 313

[9] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “Proto-Indo-European/h₂rey-”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN