Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rukkōną

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This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pre-Germanic *Hruknéh₂-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (to dig up), from *Hrew-. Cognate with Latin runcō (to weed, verb).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*rukkōną[1]

  1. to move, move back and forth, rock

Inflection[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

The original paradigm of *rukk- against *rug- allowed for different leveling among dialects.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rukk/gōn- 1”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417