Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perunъ

See also: 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

Unclear. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“stone, rock”).

Compare also Finnish perkele, Latvian pērkons and Erzya пурьгине (puŕgińe)

Noun

*perunъ m

1. thunder, lightning

Declension

Declension of *perunъ (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*perunъ	*peruna	*peruni
genitive	*peruna	*perunu	*perunъ
dative	*perunu	*perunoma	*perunomъ
accusative	*perunъ	*peruna	*peruny
instrumental	*perunъmь, *perunomь*	*perunoma	*peruny
locative	*peruně	*perunu	*peruněxъ
vocative	*perune	*peruna	*peruni

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *перунъ (*perunŭ)
    • Old Ruthenian: перунъ (perun)
      • Belarusian: пяру́н (pjarún), пе́рун (pjérun), пе́рань (pjéranʹ)
      • Carpathian Rusyn: перун (perun)
      • Ukrainian: пе́ру́н (pérún), пе́рум (pérum), пе́рім (périm), пе́рон (péron), пе́рін (périn)
    • Russian: перу́н (perún)
• South Slavic:
  • Slovene: pörun (dialectal)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: parom
  • Old Polish: piorun
    • Polish: piorun, pierun
    • Silesian: pierōn
      • → German: Pierona
  • Pomeranian:
    • Kashubian: piorën, piorun
  • 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) “перун”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress