ruggi

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.

Noun

ruggi m

1. back, backside

Inflection

Declension of ruggi (masculine ja-stem noun)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ruggi	rugga
accusative	ruggi	rugga
genitive	ruggis	ruggo
dative	ruggi	ruggon

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: rugge
  • Dutch: rug
    • Afrikaans: rug
    • Jersey Dutch: rœx
    • Negerhollands: rugge, rigi, rege
  • Limburgish: rögk
  • West Flemish: rik, rugge

Further reading

• “ruggi”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012