Proto-IE: *retk'- (-k'h-?)
Meaning: to scatter, to tear apart, to torment
Tokharian: A yärt-, B yärtt- `pull, drag along (with violence)' (PT *yärtt-) (Adams 499)
Old Indian: rákṣas- n. `harm, damage; evil being or demon'
Avestan: rašah- `Schädigung, Schaden, bes. der im andern Leben', rašayeiti `schädigt'
Old Greek: erékhthō `zerren, hin und reissen'
Russ. meaning: разбрасывать, разрывать, мучить