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][4]

  1. to dig
  2. to till (soil)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃rewk- (5 c, 0 e)
  • *h₃ru-né-k-ti ~ *h₃ru-n-k-énti (nasal-infix present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrunčáti
    • Proto-Italic: *runkō
  • *h₃ruk-yé-ti (yé-present)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *orúťťō
      • Ancient Greek: ὀρύσσω (orússō), ὀρύττω (orúttō)
  • Unsorted formations:

References

  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) “runcō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 530
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rukk/gōn- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417
  4. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 307
  5. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rūxwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309