Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rusъ
Proto-Slavic
Etymology
From earlier *rudsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *raudsas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰ-s-o-, from *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Morphologically *rud- + *-sъ.
Compare Baltic: Lithuanian raũsvas, rùsvas, rusė́ti, ruslės, Latvian rusls, rûsa.
Compare Indo-European: Latin russus.
Adjective
*rusъ
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rusъ | *rusa | *ruso |
| genitive | *rusa | *rusy | *rusa |
| dative | *rusu | *rusě | *rusu |
| accusative | *rusъ | *rusǫ | *ruso |
| instrumental | *rusomь | *rusojǫ | *rusomь |
| locative | *rusě | *rusě | *rusě |
| vocative | *ruse | *ruso | *ruso |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *rusa | *rusě | *rusě |
| genitive | *rusu | *rusu | *rusu |
| dative | *rusoma | *rusama | *rusoma |
| accusative | *rusa | *rusě | *rusě |
| instrumental | *rusoma | *rusama | *rusoma |
| locative | *rusu | *rusu | *rusu |
| vocative | *rusa | *rusě | *rusě |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *rusi | *rusy | *rusa |
| genitive | *rusъ | *rusъ | *rusъ |
| dative | *rusomъ | *rusamъ | *rusomъ |
| accusative | *rusy | *rusy | *rusa |
| instrumental | *rusy | *rusami | *rusy |
| locative | *rusěxъ | *rusaxъ | *rusěxъ |
| vocative | *rusi | *rusy | *rusa |
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *rusъjь | *rusaja | *rusoje |
| genitive | *rusajego | *rusyję̇ | *rusajego |
| dative | *rusujemu | *rusěji | *rusujemu |
| accusative | *rusъjь | *rusǫjǫ | *rusoje |
| instrumental | *rusyjimь | *rusǫjǫ | *rusyjimь |
| locative | *rusějemь | *rusěji | *rusějemь |
| vocative | *rusъjь | *rusaja | *rusoje |
| dual | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *rusaja | *rusěji | *rusěji |
| genitive | *rusuju | *rusuju | *rusuju |
| dative | *rusyjima | *rusyjima | *rusyjima |
| accusative | *rusaja | *rusěji | *rusěji |
| instrumental | *rusyjima | *rusyjima | *rusyjima |
| locative | *rusuju | *rusuju | *rusuju |
| vocative | *rusaja | *rusěji | *rusěji |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | *rusiji | *rusyję̇ | *rusaja |
| genitive | *rusъjixъ | *rusъjixъ | *rusъjixъ |
| dative | *rusyjimъ | *rusyjimъ | *rusyjimъ |
| accusative | *rusyję̇ | *rusyję̇ | *rusaja |
| instrumental | *rusyjimi | *rusyjimi | *rusyjimi |
| locative | *rusyjixъ | *rusyjixъ | *rusyjixъ |
| vocative | *rusiji | *rusyję̇ | *rusaja |
Related terms
Descendants
- Church Slavonic: русъ (rusŭ) (Serbian)
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “русый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “руда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “русый”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa