Sanskrit roots hi- ‘to impel, hurl’, hiṣ- ‘to injure, harm’, hīḍ- ‘to make/be angry’ and the Indo-European root enlargements -s- and -d

This article discusses several groups of Sanskrit roots which are likely to contain root enlargements -s- and -s-d-. Except for the roots mentioned in the title, these are, in the first place, mṣ- ‘to forget’ and mḍ- ‘to be merciful’ (< *mẓḍ-); iṣ- ‘to strive after, seek’ and īḍ- ‘to invoke’ (< *iẓḍ-)

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