Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/rugís

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

In view of Proto-Germanic *rugiz (and dubious additional Indo-European cognates), traditionally considered inherited from a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) word for “rye”, one possible reconstruction of which is *Hrugʰís.

However, there are formal problems with a PIE reconstruction, or indeed even of Proto-Balto-Slavic. Reviewing the Balto-Slavic material, Szemerényi concludes that the word was borrowed into the different subbranches separately.

Noun

*rugís m

1. rye

Inflection

Declension of *rugís (i-stem, mobile accent)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*rugís	*rúgīˀ	*rúgejes
Accusative	*rúgin	*rúgīˀ	*rúgī(ˀ)ns
Genitive	*rugéis	*rugejáu	*rugejṓn
Locative	*rugḗiˀ	*rugejáu	*rugíšu
Dative	*rúgei	*rugímā(ˀ)	*rugímas
Instrumental	*rúgīˀ (early forms)	*rugímāˀ	*rugímīˀs
Vocative	*rugéi	*rúgīˀ	*rúgejes

Descendants

• East Baltic:
  • Latgalian: rudzi
  • Latvian: rudzis, rudzi
  • Lithuanian: rugỹs
  • Samogitian: rogē
• West Baltic:
  • Old Prussian: ruggis (“ear of corn”) (written as Rugis)
• Proto-Slavic: *rъ̏žь f (see there for further descendants)