Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/ruxъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *raušas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rows-o-s, from *h₃rews-, extension of *h₃er-.

Cognate with Lithuanian ruošus, Old Norse reyrr (“pile of stones”)

Compare Lithuanian rušė́ti, ruõšti, ruošiù, ruošà, Latvian ross, Swedish rûsа, Middle High German rûsch, Old High German rôsc, rôsci

Further related to Latin ruō

Noun

*rȗxъ m

1. movement

Inflection

Declension of *rȗxъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*rȗxъ	*rȗxa	*rȗśi
genitive	*rȗxa	*ruxù	*rũxъ
dative	*rȗxu	*ruxomà	*ruxòmъ
accusative	*rȗxъ	*rȗxa	*rȗxy
instrumental	*rȗxъmь, *rȗxomь*	*ruxomà	*ruxý
locative	*rȗśě	*ruxù	*ruśě̃xъ
vocative	*ruše	*rȗxa	*rȗśi

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *rušiti
• *ruxnǫti

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: рух (rux)
  • Ukrainian: рух (rux)
• West Slavic:
  • Kashubian: rëch, ruch
  • Old Czech: ruch
    • Czech: ruch
  • Polish: ruch
  • Silesian: ruch
  • Slovak: ruch
  • Slovincian: rȧ̃ch

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “рух”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. & suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993), “рухнуть”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 129