ar(e)-ĝ- (arĝ-?), r̥ĝi- (*her-(e)-ĝ-)

    ar(e)-ĝ- (arĝ-?), r̥ĝi- (*her-(e)-ĝ-)

    English meaning: glittering, white, fast

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “glänzend, weißlich”

    Note: O.Ind. r̥ji-pyá “ darting along “ epithet of the bird śyená- (“eagle, falcon”), Av. ǝrǝzi-fya- (cf. Gk. ἄρξιφος ἀετὸς παρὰ Πέρσαις H., αἰγίποψ), Arm. arcui (< *arci-wi) “eagle” prove that from Root er-1, or- : “eagle, *fast” derived extended Root ar(e)-ĝ- (arĝ-?), r̥ĝi- : “glittering, white, fast” and its subsequent zero grade Root reĝ-1 : “right, just, to make right; king”.

    Material: O.Ind. árju-na-ḥ “ bright, white “; rajatá- “ whitish “, rajatám híraṇyam “ whitish gold, i.e. silver “, rajatám “ silver “ with flashy, in spite of Osthoff MU. VI 33 not from zero grade r̥ (or likewise) deducible vocalism compared with Av. ǝrǝzata- n., O.Pers. ardata- “ silver “ (r̥-) : TN Illyr. Ardiaei common Alb. - Illyr. -ĝ- > -d- phonetic mutatIon. Lat. argentum, Osc. aragetud ‘silver”, O.Ir. arggat, M.Ir. airget, Welsh arian(t), Corn. M.Bret. argant, Bret. arc”hant “ silver “, Gaul. PN Arganto-magus; arcanto-dan .. “ coin minter, mintmaster, the master or superintendent of a mint “, Maybe Alb. (*argento) argjend ‘silver”. Arm. arcat” ‘silver”, Toch. A ürkyant N. pl. f.; with other formation Gk. ἄργυρος ‘silver” (in spite of these equations the knowledge of the silver for the primeval times stands not sure, see about that point and about the borrowing question Schrader RL.II2 394, G. Ipsen IF. 39, 235 f., Festschr. Streitberg 228), Messap. argorian (: ἀργύριον) ds., argora-pandes (*arguro-pondi̯os) “quaestor, state treasurer “. Thrak. ἄργιλος “ (*white) mouse “, FlN ῎Αρζος (*Argi̯os). Gk. ἀργός “ white, fast “, in compounds ἀργι- : ἀργι-κέραυνος “ with shining thunderbolt “, ἀργι-όδων “ with brilliantly white teeth “ (thereafter also *ἀργινός for ἀργεννός, further formation to ἀργινόεις, epithet of towns situated on white lime or chalk mountains); ἀργαίνω “ is white “. ἀργός probably after Wackernagel Verm. Beitr. 8 f. from *ἀργρός dissimilated, wherefore i-stem ἀργι- of compounds behaves as Av. dǝrǝzi-raϑa- “ possessing steady chariot “ to dǝrǝzra- “ solid “. With ἀργός phonetically same O.Ind. r̥jrá- connotes also “ shining “, is in this meaning with ἀργός “white” etymological identical (in addition also O.Ind. ŕ̥jīti-, r̥jīka- “ radiating “). O.Ind. r̥jrá- “ fast “, Ṛji-śvan- “ the allied Indras ordering about fast dogs “ = Gk. ἀργός “fast” (likewise of dogs, also already Proto-linguistic epithet, see Schulze Kl. Schr. 124), ἀργί- πους “ fleet-footed “, horses Πόδ-αργος, upholds Persson Beitr. 828 from ἀργός (r̥jrá-) “ white “ different word (to the root reĝ- “ straight, right, directly “ in O.Ind. r̥jīšá- “ rushing straight for “, r̥ji-pyá “ darting along “, etc), against Bechtel Lexil. 57, the concept of the lights allows to have flowed from that of the quick movement (compare “ as quick as a flash, at lightning speed “) as well as Schulze aaO. Sides of the same observation considered as to try illuminating power, brightness of the color, and quickness of the movement (compare Lat. micüre “move rapidly to and fro, vibrate, flicker; to shine, glitter, sparkle”). ἄργεμον, ἄργεμα n. “ the whiteness (in the eye, nail)”, ἀργήεις, Dor. ἀργᾶς (*ἀργᾱFεντς ‘shining”; es-stem in ἐναργής “ perspicuous, clear “, ἀργεσ-τής epithet of νότος, “ elucidative, brightening “ (see lastly Schwyzer Gk. I 5001), ἀργεννός “ white sheen, white luster, white-gleaming “ (*ἀργεσ-νός); maybe also in ἀργειφόντης epithet of Hermes (“ in slaying brilliance “?). On account of es-stem Av. аrǝzah- “ afternoon and evening “ so that belongs together etymologically, at least half the meaning is quite doubtful, see. Bartholomae AIran. Wb. 202, Bechtel aaO. Maybe Alb. (*аrǝz-) errët “dark”, err “darken” : Av. аrǝzah- “ afternoon and evening “ ἀργής, -ῆτος, -έτι, -έτα “ white-gleaming “; ἄργιλλος and ἄργῑλος “ white clay “ (Lat. Lw. argilla, argīla : Alb. argjilë “white clay, mud”): ἄργυ-ρος see above, ἄργυ-φος, ἀργύ-φεος “ shining white “ (in the word ending probably to root bhü- “ shine “, Prellwitz BB. 22, 90, Bechtel Lexil. 57 f.). Maybe Alb. harc, harca pl. “rocky landscape”; Alb. has preserved the old laryngeal ḫ-. Lat. argentum see above; arguō “to put in clear light; to declare, prove; to accuse, blame, expose, convict “, argūtus “to the eye, expressive, lively; talkative to the ear, piercing, shrill, noisy; of omens, clear, significant; of persons, sagacious, cunning; (since Cicero also:) beaming, shimmering “ and “ shrewd “. Toch. A ürki, В ü̆rkwi “white” (*arĝu̯i̯o-), ürcune “ epithet of the royal title “, A ürki-śoṣi “ white world “ (compare Welsh elfydd S. 30); Hitt. ḫar-ki-iš (ḫarkis) “white”. Maybe Alb. (*arg-) jargë “white saliva”

    Note: Alb. j- stands for the lost old laryngeal ḫ-. e-vocalism shown by those of Osthoff MU. V, S. V, and MU. VI 33 considered for Goth. unaírkns “ impure, unclean “, aírkniÞa “ cleanness, genuineness “, O.H.G. erchan “ right, just, real, true, genuine “, O.N. jarknasteinn, O.E. eorcnanstün “ precious stone, jewel “ (in addition also O.N. jarteikn n. “ emblems “ from *jar[kn]-teikn, Lidén by Noreen O.Ice. Gk.3 ̨p. 281, 6); compare also Feist 25b. As securely one cannot consider the affiliation of Gmc. words, however, was concerning the vocalism intersection from Gmc. *ark- = IE *arĝ- with *erk- = O.Ind. árcati, IE *erk- at least conceivable. About that of Uhlenbeck KZ. 40, 552, 560 considered for Lith. áržuolas, ąžuolas, dial. áužuolas, E.Lith. dial. úžolas “ oak “, see rather Bezzenberger KZ. 42, 263, Trautmann O.Pruss. 301, whereupon anž- (compare O.Pruss. ansonis) the original form is (different Zupitza KZ. 36, 66, Gmc. Gutt. 214). By Hirts (abl. 124) basic *ar(e)ĝ- cause Gmc. words difficulty, however, see above. The basis of a 2th root vowel (areĝ-) is given only by O.Ind. rajatám “ whitish “, thus dubious.

    References: WP. I 82 f., II 362 f., WH. I 66, 848, Feist 25, Schwyzer Gk. I 260, 447, 481, Frisk Nominalbildg. 4. Specht (Decl. 1141) places because of Gk. ἄρμη λευκή Hes. a color root in ar-, he equates with al- (see above S. 31).