Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Perunъ

This Proto-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-Slavic

Etymology

See *perunъ.

Proper noun

*Perunъ m

1. Perun

Declension

Declension of *Perunъ (hard o-stem, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*Perunъ
genitive	*Peruna
dative	*Perunu
accusative	*Perunъ
instrumental	*Perunъmь, *Perunomь*
locative	*Peruně
vocative	*Perune

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: Перунъ (Perunŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: Перунъ (Perun)
      • Belarusian: Пяру́н (Pjarún)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: Перу́н (Perún)
      • Ukrainian: Перу́н (Perún)
    • Russian: Перу́н (Perún)
  • Old Novgorodian: Перꙑне (Peryne)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: Перун (Perun)
  • Macedonian: Перун (Perun)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: Пе̏рун

    Latin script: Pȅrun

  • Slovene: Perun
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: Perun
  • Old Polish: Piorun, Pierun, Pieruń
    • Polish: Piorun
  • Old Slovak: Parom

Further reading

• Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*perunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 310
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Перу́н”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress