Re: Rayim

Ah hah! Many books I've seen list Latin res as
"unknown". Some also claim a different origin for
Spanish res "cow, steer, beef, beast."


--- Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> wrote:

> On 2008-03-05 17:21, kishore patnaik wrote:
>
> > Can anyone please explain the etymology of the
> word Rayim( inner
> > prosperity)?
>
> <rayím> is the accusative of <rayís> 'property,
> possession, goods,
> wealth' (usually masculine). Skt. rayí- comes from
> *reh1-í- (cf. gen.sg.
> ra:yás < *reh1-j-ós). The synonymous <rá:s> (acc.
> <rá:m ~ rá:yam>) is
> from the same source. The original pattern of
> declension was probably
> something like *rais, acc. *ra:m, gen. *ra:yás, with
> analogical case
> forms rearranging themselves into alternative
> paradigms. Anyway,
> *reh1-i- (cf. Lat. re:s 'thing, object, property,
> profit', acc. re:m)
> seems to be a deverbal noun from *(h)reh1- 'grant,
> give, yield'
> (attested in Indo-Iranian). Other derivatives
> include *reh1-tí- > Skt.
> ra:tí- 'gift, favour'.
>
> Piotr
>
>

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