Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rustaz
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
edit*rustaz m
Inflection
editmasculine a-stemDeclension of *rustaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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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
editRelated terms
editDescendants
edit- 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
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*rustō ~ *rustaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 309