Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruka

This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrūgǭ (whence Icelandic hrúga).

Noun edit

*ruka

  1. haycock
    Synonym: *saatto

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

From *ruka:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) ruga
  • Võro: ruga

From *ruko:

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown.

Noun edit

*ruka (Northern Finnic)

  1. hardened resin

Inflection edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • ruga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN