Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/rugís
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This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic edit
Etymology edit
In view of Proto-Germanic *rugiz (and dubious additional Indo-European cognates), traditionally considered inherited from a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) word for “rye”, one possible reconstruction of which is *Hrugʰís.
However, there are formal problems with a PIE reconstruction, or indeed even of Proto-Balto-Slavic. Reviewing the Balto-Slavic material, Szemerényi concludes that the word was borrowed into the different subbranches separately.[1]
Noun edit
*rugís m
Inflection edit
| Declension of *rugís (i-stem, mobile accent) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Nominative | *rugís | *rúgīˀ | *rúgejes | |
| Accusative | *rúgin | *rúgīˀ | *rúgī(ˀ)ns | |
| Genitive | *rugéis | *rugejáu | *rugejṓn | |
| Locative | *rugḗiˀ | *rugejáu | *rugíšu | |
| Dative | *rúgei | *rugímā(ˀ) | *rugímas | |
| Instrumental | *rúgīˀ (early forms) | *rugímāˀ | *rugímīˀs | |
| Vocative | *rugéi | *rúgīˀ | *rúgejes | |
Descendants edit
- East Baltic:
- West Baltic:
- Old Prussian: ruggis (“ear of corn”) (written as Rugis)
- Proto-Slavic: *rъ̏žь f (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1967) “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), number 4, page 23