Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/tuskъ

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 edit

Etymology edit

According to Vasmer, cognate with Proto-West Germanic *þiustrī (dark, gloomy). See there for further connections.

Noun edit

*tuskъ m

  1. fog, darkness

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *тускъ (*tuskŭ)
  • South Slavic:

Further reading edit

  • Vasmer, Max (1973) “туск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volumes 4 (Т – Ящур), Moscow: Progress, page 126