Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/rūskos
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This Proto-Celtic 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-Celtic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly from earlier *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to move, to stir”)[1]. Cognate with Latin runcō (“to grub, weed”), Ancient Greek ὀρύσσω (orússō, “to dig, grub”), Sanskrit लुञ्चति (luñcati, “to pluck”). Related to Irish rúam (“spade, shovel”).
Noun
[edit]*rūskos m
Declension
[edit]| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *ruskos | *ruskou | *ruskoi |
| vocative | *ruske | *ruskou | *ruskoi |
| accusative | *ruskom | *ruskou | *ruskoms |
| genitive | *ruskī | *ruskous | *ruskom |
| dative | *ruskūi | *ruskobom | *ruskobos |
| locative | *ruskei | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *ruskū | *ruskobim | *ruskūis |
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-Brythonic: *rrisk
- Old Irish: rúsc
- Gaulish: rusca
- → Medieval Latin: rusca (see there for further descendants)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*rūsk(l)o- *rusko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 317