Re: *ar- was meaning of Aryan

At 5:16:27 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, Rick
McCallister wrote:

> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>> At 4:26:34 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2008, Rick
>> McCallister wrote:

>>> I remember seeing, years ago, a claim that rise, raise
>>> and rear (up) were non IE words, so I'm wondering if
>>> they're related to *ar-

>>> If so, what happened to the *a-? Was the a- of arise
>>> perceived to be a prefix?

>> To the best of my knowledge, the <a-> of <arise> *was* a
>> prefix, originally <ar-> (as found in Northumb.
>> <arri:san>, according to the OED s.v. <arise>) and also
>> found as <or->, corresponding to Goth. <uz-, us->, OHG
>> <ur-, ir-, ar->, OSax. <or-, ur- a->, and ON <ør->.

> So if a- is a prefix here, is it the same as German ge-?

No.

> And are rise, raise and rear (up) related to *ar-?

Watkins, at least, takes them all to be from *h1erei-s-,
extended from *h1er- 'to move, set in motion'.
Specifically:

rise < OE ri:san < PGmc. *ri:san
rear < OE ræ:ran < PGmc. *raizjan < *rois-yo-
raise < ON reisa < PGmc. *raizjan

I've lost track of what your *ar- is, I'm afraid; the list
has been diabolically busy.

Brian