Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/Hrugʰís

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

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Etymology edit

Most likely a wanderwort that spread in post-PIE times.[1]

Noun edit

*Hrugʰís m

  1. rye

Inflection edit

Athematic, proterokinetic
singular
nominative *Hréwgʰis
genitive *Hrugʰéys
singular dual plural
nominative *Hréwgʰis *Hréwgʰih₁(e) *Hréwgʰeyes
vocative *Hréwgʰi *Hréwgʰih₁(e) *Hréwgʰeyes
accusative *Hréwgʰim *Hréwgʰih₁(e) *Hréwgʰims
genitive *Hrugʰéys *? *HrugʰéyoHom
ablative *Hrugʰéys *? *Hrugʰímos
dative *Hrugʰéyey *? *Hrugʰímos
locative *Hrugʰéy, *Hrugʰḗy *? *Hrugʰísu
instrumental *Hrugʰíh₁ *? *Hrugʰímis

Alternative reconstructions edit

  • *rugʰís, *rugʰyós[2]
  • *wrugʰyós[3] (based on dubious inclusion of Thracian *briza, but the other languages show no trace of the supposed *w-)

Descendants edit

  • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *rugís (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *rugiz (see there for further descendants)

Further reading edit

  • Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*rugi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 416

References edit

  1. ^ Szemerényi, Oswald (1967), “Славянская этимология на индоевропейском фоне”, in , В. А. Меркулова, transl., Вопросы языкознания (in Russian), issue 4, page 23
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 164: “*rughis ~ *rughyo-”
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “1183”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1183 of 1183, *u̯rughi̯o-