Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃rewk-
Proto-Indo-European
Etymology
Perhaps an extension of *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).[1]
Root
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)
- *h₃ruk-yé-ti (yé-present)
- Proto-Hellenic: *orúťťō
- Ancient Greek: ὀρύσσω (orússō), ὀρύττω (orúttō)
- Proto-Hellenic: *orúťťō
- Unsorted formations:
- Proto-Germanic: *rugōną
- Proto-Germanic: *rukkōną
- Proto-Germanic: *rukkijaną
- >? Proto-Germanic: *rūhaz[5] (see there for further descendants)
- Proto-Celtic: *rūskos
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) “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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rūxwaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 309