rei-4 : rēi-

    rei-4 : rēi-

    English meaning: thing; possession

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Besitz, Sache”

    Note: after Burrow (Sanscrit 178, 245) wäre ē from eH vor i̯ originated?

    Material: O.Ind. rai- m. f. “ possession, richness “ in rǘ ḥ , rüyá ḥ (originally i-stem); das ü from rüḥ after dem acc. sg. rüm, the likewise analogisches ü hat (after güm, above S. 482); rayí- “gift, possession, jewel” (Av. acc. pl. raēš, leg. rayīš), rayi-vánt-, mostly rē-vánt- “rich”; Av. instr. sg. raya (leg. rüyü) = O.Ind. rüyǘ (to rǘ ḥ ), Av. raēvant “rich”; O.Ind. Av. rü- “give” (extended O.Ind. rüsatē “gives”), O.Ind. rütí - “gift, giver”; O.Ind. rüta-, Av. rütō “bestowed”; Lat. rēs, reī “thing, possession “ (das ē after dem acc. rēm from *reHim?), Umbr. re-per “pro rē”, dat. abl. ri; in addition Lat. reus “Prozesspartei, the (die) Angeklagte” (*rēi̯ -os); unclear M.Welsh rei “ richness “.

    References: WP. II 343, WH. II 430 f., 432, Wackernagel-Debrunner III 214 ff.; O. Szemerényi nimmt (brieflich) with Burrow (Sanscrit 178, 245) and Kurylowicz (Études 36 f.) eine basic form *reHi- for das noun and *reH- for das verb an (?).