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 ==Name==
-Hirathic's English name derives from the [[wiktionary:autoglossonym|autoglottonym]] ''hirathis''~''khirathis'' which is believed to be a derivation of PIE *gʰreH- 'to grow' with a suffix *-tis 'abstract', thus meaning  'that which is grown', 'that which is cultivated', and by extension 'that which is refined'. Related is the auto-ethnonym ''hirathēi'' 'the high ones'.
+The Hirathic noun ''hirathis'' can be translated as “that which is tall; that which is grown; that which is cultivated; that which is refined”. It is a nominal [[Hirathic/ti-derivation|ti-derivation]] of the root ''hir-'' “to grow; raise; make high”.
-Other names for the language include ''hirathōn'' 'of the high ones', ''vepos'' 'speech', a combination of both (as seen in the Smyrna cave inscription '''ϜΕΠΟΣΧΙ(Ρ)ΑΘ(Ω)Ν'''), ''vepos nim'' 'our speech'.
+The related auto-ethnonym ''hirathēi'' (also ''hiratēi'') of its speakers is directly related and in fact means something akin to “the tall ones; the refined ones”.
+Other names for the language include ''hirathōn'' “of the high ones”, ''vepos'' “speech”, a combination of both, and ''vepos nim'' “our speech”.
 ==Background==