rucki

Old High German

Alternative forms

• *hrukki, *rukki

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz. Cognate with Old English hryċġ (English ridge), Old Norse hryggr.

Noun

rucki m

1. back

Declension

Declension of rucki (masculine ja-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	rucki	rucka
accusative	rucki	rucka
genitive	ruckes	rucko
dative	rucke	ruckim
instrumental	rucku	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: rucke
  • Alemannic German:

    Walser: rügga

  • Central Franconian: Rögge
  • German: Rücken
  • Luxembourgish: Réck
  • Yiddish: רוקן (rukn)