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Cognate with ‘rise’? PIE *H3er-s ‘rise, protrude’? Old Norse Risar ‘mountain giants’ Old Norse Bergrisar ‘mountain giants’ Old Icelandic risi, risar ’giant, giants’; risa-barn ‘giant-child’; risa-folk ‘giant-folk’; risa-kyn’giant-kind’;  risa-ligr ‘giant-like, gigantic’; risa-voxtr ‘giant’s size’ (Zoega) Archaic Swedish rese ‘giant’ Modern Icelandic risi … Continue reading →

*dheu ‘to flow, to run’ ‘to die, to faint, to vanish’ to shine brightly ‘to blow, to dissipate, to flt about like dust’ Cognates dizzy *gheu # ‘to pour, to pour a libation’ ‘to die, to disappear, to get away’ … Continue reading →

Cognates: *mai ‘to cut’ [Proto-Indo-European]  *a-mait-jon ‘biter’ [Proto-Germanic] amete (Middle Low German] # amete [Middle Dutch] aemete [Old English] # aemette [Old English] # amete ’ant’ [Middle English] amte ‘ant’ [Middle English] ante ‘ant’ [Middle English] emmet ‘ant’ [Cornwall English] emmut ‘ant’ [Berkshire English] ant ‘ant’ … Continue reading →