Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/riȷ́ʰáti

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

From Proto-Indo-European *liǵʰ-é-ti, from *leyǵʰ- +‎ *-éti.

Verb

*riȷ́ʰáti

1. to lick

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *rizʰáti, *lizʰáti
  • Sanskrit: लिहति (lihati) (see there for further descendants)
  • Vedic Sanskrit: रिहति (riháti)
• Proto-Iranian: *rijáti
  • Younger Avestan: 𐬭𐬀𐬉𐬭𐬌𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬈 (raērizaⁱte, 3sg.mid.)
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (rrīś)
  • Northern Kurdish: alîstin
  • Middle Persian:

    Pahlavi: [script needed] (lst /⁠list⁠/)

    • Persian: لیسیدن (lisidan)
  • Sogdian: [script needed] (rys)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lihati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press