Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/runo

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

Formed as *ruti (to delve, to pluck) +‎ *-no, from Proto-Indo-European *(H)row-(m)no-, from *Hrew- (to tear, to dig). Cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwma.

Noun

*rūnò n[1][2][3]

  1. fleece

Declension

Declension of *rūnò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *rūnò *rũně *rūnà
genitive *rūnà *rūnù *rũnъ
dative *rūnù *rūnòma *rūnòmъ
accusative *rūnò *rũně *rūnà
instrumental *rūnъ̀mь, *rūnòmь* *rūnòma *rũny
locative *rūně̀ *rūnù *rũněxъ
vocative *rūnò *rũně *rūnà

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

Derived terms

  • *runьnъ, *runěstъ (pertaining to fleece)
  • *runьta (sheep's fur, shabby hair)
  • *rukъ (source of motion) (possibly)
  • *ruta, *rutišče (rug, cloth, fabric)
  • *ruxo (cloth, gawn)
  • *rǫdъ (frizzy, curly (for wool))

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: руно (runo)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: руно (runo)
      Glagolitic script: ⱃⱆⱀⱁ (runo)
    • Bulgarian: ру́но (rúno)
    • Macedonian: руно (runo)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ру̑но
      Latin script: rȗno
    • Slovene: rúno (tonal orthography)
  • West Slavic:

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “руно́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “руно”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 344

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*rūnò”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 440:n. o (b) ‘fleece’
  2. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “runo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:b skind (PR 135)
  3. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “runo”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *runȍ