Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rustaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *rudʰ-s-tos-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Compare Lithuanian rùstas (“brown-red”).[1] Also compare Latin russus (“red, reddish-brown”), Proto-Slavic *rusъ (“fair, blonde (of hair), yellow, red, light-colored”) (whence Russian ру́сый (rúsyj, “fair(-haired), blond(e), light brown (of hair), dirty blond”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrus.tɑz/

Noun

*rustaz m[1]

  1. rust

Inflection

Declension of *rustaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *rustaz *rustōz, *rustōs
vocative *rust *rustōz, *rustōs
accusative *rustą *rustanz
genitive *rustas, *rustis *rustǫ̂
dative *rustai *rustamaz
instrumental *rustō *rustamiz

Derived terms

  • *rustagaz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rust
  • Old Norse: *rustr (possibly borrowed)
  • Gothic: *𐍂𐌿𐍃- (*rus-) (suggested Gothic form of the element Ros- found in some Latinized Gothic names)
  • → Proto-Finnic: *roostëk (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rustō ~ *rustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309
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