Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perunъ

See also: Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/Perunъ
This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

Unclear. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“stone, rock”).

Compare also Finnish perkele, Latvian pērkons and Erzya пурьгине (puŕgine)

Noun

*perunъ m

  1. thunder, lightning

Declension

Declension of *perunъ (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *perunъ *peruna *peruni
genitive *peruna *perunu *perunъ
dative *perunu *perunoma *perunomъ
accusative *perunъ *peruna *peruny
instrumental *perunъmь, *perunomь* *perunoma *peruny
locative *peruně *perunu *peruněxъ
vocative *perune *peruna *peruni

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *перунъ (*perunŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: перунъ (perun)
        • Belarusian: пяру́н (pjarún), пе́рун (pjérun), пе́рань (pjéranʹ)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: перун (perun)
        • Ukrainian: пе́ру́н (pérún), пе́рум (pérum), пе́рім (périm), пе́рон (péron), пе́рін (périn)
      • Russian: перу́н (perún)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: pörun (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*perunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 310
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перун”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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