*rVṯVy-: 'acquire' 1, 'authority, rule' 2

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Field	Value
Reconstruction	*rVṯVy-
Meaning	'acquire' 1, 'authority, rule' 2
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Akkadian	rašû 'acquire'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root rṯy
Amorite	ršj: jaršī, rašijum (Gelb AS 21, 30); yarṯî (Buck 2019, 332); r-S-y: a-ar-ši-DINGIR, ar-ši-a-da(-a), a-ḫa-am-ar-ši (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 173)	Gelb AS 21 30; Buck 2019, 332; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 173	gloss withheld
Eblaitic	/r-S-y/: names ar-šè, a-ḫa-ar-šè, ar-šè-a-ḫa/ḫu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 172); ar-si; 1st sg. ar-si-aḫ/a-ḫa/a-ḫu/a-ḫum, ar-šè-ti-lu (Krebernik 1988, 46 n. 4, 47, 53)	Sanmartín GlOS 2, 172; Krebernik 1988, 46 n. 4, 47, 53	gloss withheld
Phoenician	ršʾt 2 (T 307)	T 307	gloss withheld
Aramaic	ršy (DNWSI 1086); ršh (DNWSI 1085)	DNWSI 1086; DNWSI 1085	gloss withheld
Hebrew	ršwt (DNWSI 1085)	DNWSI 1085	gloss withheld

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Notes

Tomback (T 307) compares J.Aram. reši 'to empower', rašūtaʾ 'power, authority', N.Heb. rišyōn 'permission', Akk. rašūtu 'credit, balance' and Nab. ršy 'having right'.

Updated 3 November 2026

*rVṯVy-: 'acquire' 1, 'authority, rule' 2

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