Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rukkaz
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editSee *hrukkaz, which Kroonen considers the correct reconstruction, in light of forms such as Medieval Latin hrocus (whence modern terms like English frock).[1][2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit*rukkaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *rukkaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *rukkaz | *rukkōz, *rukkōs | |
vocative | *rukk | *rukkōz, *rukkōs | |
accusative | *rukką | *rukkanz | |
genitive | *rukkas, *rukkis | *rukkǫ̂ | |
dative | *rukkai | *rukkamaz | |
instrumental | *rukkō | *rukkamiz |
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *(h)rokk
- Old Norse: rokkr
- → Proto-Finnic: *rukka (see there for further descendants)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hrukka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 250-1
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*rukkaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 308