Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃rewk-

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.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

Perhaps an extension of *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).^[1]

Root

*h₃rewk-^[2]^[3]

to dig
to till (soil)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃rewk-‎ (4 c, 0 e)

*h₃ru-né-k-ti ~ *h₃ru-n-k-énti (nasal-infix present)
- Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrunčáti
  - Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrunćáti
    - Sanskrit: लुञ्चति (luñcáti)
- Proto-Italic: *runkō
  - Latin: runcō
*h₃ruk-yé-ti (yé-present)
- Proto-Hellenic: *orúťťō
  - Ancient Greek: ὀρύσσω (orússō), ὀρύττω (orúttō)
Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Germanic: *rugōną
- Proto-Germanic: *rukkōną
- Proto-Germanic: *rukkijaną
- Proto-Celtic: *ruskos

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 868
^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 868

[2] De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

[3] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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