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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/aruts

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative forms
  • *arits (Elbe dialect)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from pre-Germanic *arud- (if not a western-only loanword), probably of non-Indo-European origin, such as Sumerian 𒍏 (urud, “copper”), via another, substrate language. Compare also Latin raudus (“lump (of ore, metal); bronze, brass”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.ruts/

Noun

*aruts m[2]

  1. (West Germanic) ore

Inflection
consonant stemDeclension of *aruts (consonant stem)
singular plural
nominative *aruts *arutiz
vocative *arut *arutiz
accusative *arutų *arutunz
genitive *arutiz *arutǫ̂
dative *aruti *arutumaz
instrumental *arutē *arutumiz

Descendants
  • Old Saxon: arut
  • Old Dutch: arut
  • Old High German: aruz. ariz

References
  1. Schrijver, Peter (1997), “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy‎, Amsterdam/Atlanta, page 308 of 293–316
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*arut-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 37
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