ar-4 (er, or?), r̥

    ar-4 (er, or?), r̥

    English meaning: now, also, interrogative particle

    Deutsche Übersetzung: etwa “nun, also”, also as Fragepartikel

    Material: Gk. ἄρα, ἄρ, ῥα (from r̥) “ now, thus, consequently “, Cypr. ερ, ἀ̃ρα interrogative particle (*ἦ ἄρα; γάρ, maybe from γ” ἄρ); likewise zero grade Lith. ir̃ “ and, also “, Ltv. ir “also”, O.Pruss. ir “and, also” (= Gk. ῥα, zero grade Lith. ar̃, Ltv. ar as an introduction of an interrogative sentence, O.Lith. also er with the same Balt vacillate from a- and e- as between Ltv. ar “ with, in “ and O.Pruss. er “ to “; Toch. В ra- emphat. particle.

    References: WP. I 77, Trautmann 12, Schwyzer Gk. I 342, 622.