Re: [tied] Iranic in Slavic

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 11749
Date: 2001-12-10

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How does he explain the initial *jI-? Are there any similar formations? As for *rajI itself, it might be Iranian as well (Avestan rae:- [ra:y-] 'wealth, splendour', Parthian/Middle Persian ra:y 'bliss, happiness', cognate to Lat. re:s and Skt. ra:H/ra:y- 'wealth, property'). The Middle Persian semantics fits best.
 
Piotr
 
 
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From: Sergejus Tarasovas
To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 9:18 AM
Subject: RE: [tied] Iranic in Slavic

Trubachev offers another etymology for irej-words: < *jI-rIj-I, *rIj- being another apophonic grade of *re^(j)- 'flow' (> *re^ka 'river', *re^jati 'flow') and probably *rajI 'paradise', the semantics being like 'a place beyond a big water-body (river), where departed spirits belong to'.