Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/ȷ́ágrastay

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

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

1. to swallow, devour, eat

Derived terms

• Proto-Indo-Iranian: *grásatay
  • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *grásatay
    • Sanskrit: ग्रस् (gras), ग्रसेताम् (grásetām, 3du.opt.med.)

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)‎^[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 387-388
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “gras”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 507
• Goto, Toshifumi (2013) Old Indo-Aryan Morphology and its Indo-Iranian Background (Veroffentlichungen zur Iranistik; 60)‎^[3], 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. with 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, page 192
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 404, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 404