Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rukkô

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *rÁkn- (“weaving, web”), from Proto-Indo-European *ruk-, *rug- (“to spin, make clothes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈruk.kɔːː/

Noun

*rukkô m

spinning wheel, distaff

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *rukkô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rukkô	*rukkaniz
vocative	*rukkô	*rukkaniz
accusative	*rukkanų	*rukkanunz
genitive	*rukkiniz	*rukkanǫ̂
dative	*rukkini	*rukkammaz
instrumental	*rukkinē	*rukkammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rokkō
- Old English: *rocca
  - Middle English: rokke, rocke, rok
    - Scots: rok
    - English: rock
- Old Saxon: *rocko
  - Middle Low German: rocke, rocken
- Old Dutch: *rocco, *rocko
  - Middle Dutch: rocke, rocken
    - Dutch: rok
- Old High German: rokko, rocko, roccho, rocho
  - Middle High German: rocke
    - German: Rocken
- Lombardic: *rocco
  - → Italian: rocca; rocchetto, rocchetta
    - → Arabic: رُكَّة (rukka)
    - → English: rocket
    - → Old French: rocquet, rochet
      - French: rochet
    - → Spanish: rueca
    - → Portuguese: roca
  - → Sicilian: ruccheddu, *rucchellu
    - → Maltese: rukkell
Old Norse: rokkr
- Icelandic: rokkur
- Faroese: rokkur
- Norwegian: rok
- Old Swedish: rokker
  - Swedish: rock
  - → Finnish: rukki
- Danish: rok