Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/ruka

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This Proto-Finnic 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-Finnic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hrūgǭ (whence Icelandic hrúga).

Noun[edit]

*ruka

  1. haycock
    Synonym: *saatto

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From *ruka:

  • Estonian: (dialectal) ruga
  • Võro: ruga

From *ruko:

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown.

Noun[edit]

*ruka (Northern Finnic)

  1. hardened resin

Inflection[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • ruga”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), “ruka”, in Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN