< Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian
Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ágrastay
Proto-Indo-Iranian
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly from earlier *ȷ́ágarstay after *-rst- heavy cluster avoidance (compare द्रष् (draṣṭā́, “seer”), from *derḱ- (“to see”)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷé-gʷorh₃-s-tor ~ *gʷe-gʷr̥h₃-s-n̥tór, s-enlarged e-reduplicated athematic present of *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow, devour, eat”). Alternatively suggested to be derived from a *gre(n)s- root, and cognate with Ancient Greek γράω (gráō, “to gnaw, eat”).
Verb
*ȷ́ágrastay
- to swallow, devour, eat
Derived terms
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *grásatay
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *grásatay
- Sanskrit: ग्रस् (gras), ग्रसेताम् (grásetām, 3du.opt.med.)
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *grásatay
Descendants
- Proto-Indo-Aryan: *jágraṣṭar
- Sanskrit: जग्रसीत (jagrasīta, 3sg.opt.med.), जग्रसान (jagrasāná, ptc.med.)
Further reading
- van Beek, Lucien (2022), “Chapter 9: Remaining Issues Concerning *r̥”, in The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 387-388
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “gras”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 507
- Goto, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian Background (Veroffentlichungen zur Iranistik; 60), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 122, 139
- Rastorgujeva, V. S.; Edelʹman, D. I. (2000–), “*grah-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 282
- Lubotsky, Alexander (2011), “gras”, in The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University, pages 216-217
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “gres”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 192
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 404