Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/ruskijā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly borrowed from Latin rūscus, *rīscus, rūscum (“butcher's broom”) +‎ *-jā (agent suffix) in connection to its use in broom making, or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(H)resg- (“to weave”) for its use in basket making, cognate with Lithuanian regzti (“to knit, weave”), Latin restis (“cord, rope”).

Noun

*ruskijā f

1. rush (plant)

   Synonyms: *beusu, *binut, *riskijā, *skilp

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*ruskijā
Genitive	*ruskijōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*ruskijā	*ruskijōn
Accusative	*ruskijōn	*ruskijōn
Genitive	*ruskijōn	*ruskijōnō
Dative	*ruskijōn	*ruskijōm, *ruskijum
Instrumental	*ruskijōn	*ruskijōm, *ruskijum

Alternative reconstructions

• *rūskijā

Descendants

• Old English: rysċe, rysċ, resċe, resċ, risċe, risċ, rixe, rix
  • Middle English: risshe, rusch, risch, rysche, rusche, rysch, rosch, rissh, resch, rysse, resche
    • English: rush
    • Scots: rash, resh
• Old Frisian: *reske, *risk
  • Saterland Frisian: Rääske
  • West Frisian: risk
• Old Saxon: rusk, rūsk, *risk
  • Middle Low German: rusch, rûsch, risch
    • German Low German: Rusk, Rusch, Rusch, Ruusch, Risch, Riusk
    • → Faroese: ryski
    • → Norwegian: ryskje, rusk
• Old Dutch: *rusk
  • Middle Dutch: rusch
    • Dutch: rus
• Old High German: *ruska, *rūska, *rusk
  • Middle High German: rusche, rusch
    • German: Rusch, Risch, Rausch
• → Old French: rusche, rousche
  • Middle French: rousche
    • French: rouche