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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ruskijā
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This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic
Etymology
Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Latin rūscus, *rīscus, rūscum (“butcher's broom”) + *-jā (agent suffix)[1] in connection to its use in broom making, or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”)[2] for its use in basket making, cognate with Lithuanian regzti (“to knit, weave”), Latin restis (“cord, rope”).
Inflection
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *ruskijā | |
| Genitive | *ruskijōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *ruskijā | *ruskijōn |
| Accusative | *ruskijōn | *ruskijōn |
| Genitive | *ruskijōn | *ruskijōnō |
| Dative | *ruskijōn | *ruskijōm, *ruskijum |
| Instrumental | *ruskijōn | *ruskijōm, *ruskijum |
Alternative reconstructions
- *rūskijā
Descendants
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Rausch²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 585
- Orel, Vladimir (2003), “*ruskjō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
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