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Proto-Germanic: *rikwiz, *rikwaz
Meaning: darkness
Gothic: rikʷis, gen. rikʷizis n. (a) `darkness', *rikʷizjan `grow dark'
Old Norse: rökkr n. `Dunkel'
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Proto-IE: *(e)regʷ-
Meaning: darkness, twilight
Tokharian: A arkant-, B erkent- 'black' (PT *erkent-) (Adams 95); A orkäm, B ork(a)mo 'darkness, dark' (PT *orkmo) (123)
Old Indian: rájas- n. `sphere of vapour or mist, region of clouds, atmosphere; vapour, mist, clouds, gloom, darkness'
Armenian: erek, erekoy `Abend'
Old Greek: érebos n. `Dunkel der Unterwelt, Totengrund'
Russ. meaning: темнота, сумерки
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1591
Root: regʷos-
English meaning: darkness
German meaning: `Dunkelheit'
Grammatical comments: n.
Derivatives: *ergʷ- : orgʷ- `dunkel'?
Material: Ai. rájanī- `Nacht'; gr. ἔρεβος `Dunkel der Unterwelt' (ἔ-Vorschlag); arm. erek und erekoy `Abend'; auch Adverb erek `gestern'; got. riqis, -izis n. `Dunkel', nisl. røkkr, -rs `Dunkel, Dämmerung'; hierher vielleicht gr. ὀρφνός `dunkel' (*orgʷsno-) und toch. A orkäm (*orgʷmo-) `Finsternis'; anders oben S. 334.
References: WP. II 367, Benveniste Hirt-Festschrift 2, 236, Burrow BSOAS 12, 645 f.
Pages: 857
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