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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rusъ

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

From earlier *rudsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *raudsas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰ-s-o-, from *h₁rewdʰ- (red). Morphologically *rud- + *-sъ.

Compare Baltic: Lithuanian raũsvas, rùsvas, rusė́ti, ruslės, Latvian rusls, rûsa.

Compare Indo-European: Latin russus.

Adjective

*rusъ

  1. fair, blonde (of hair)
  2. yellow, red, light-colored

Declension

Descendants

  • Church Slavonic: русъ (rusŭ) (Serbian)
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: русъ (rusŭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Cyrillic: роусъ (rusŭ)
      Glagolitic: ⱃⱆⱄⱏ (rusŭ)
    • Bulgarian: рус (rus)
    • Macedonian: рус (rus)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: ру̏с
      Latin script: rȕs
    • Slovene: rȗs
  • West Slavic:

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “русый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “руда”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volumes 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 246
  • Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “русый”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
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