ратуша

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ратуша

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Inherited from Old East Slavic ратуша (ratuša), from Polish ratusz, from Middle High German rāthūs (whence also German Rathaus); ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rēdaz + Proto-Germanic *hūsą. Polish /ʃ/ replaced Middle High German s because at the time, this letter was pronounced as apicoalveolar /s̺/ (with a weak hushing sound, similar to Castilian Spanish) and was distinct from the letter written z, pronounced as laminoalveolar /s/ (with a strong hissing sound, similar to English).

Compare parallel Russian Дом Сове́тов (Dom Sovétov, “House of Soviets”) (Дом Советов), дом сове́та (dom sovéta) from дом (dom) + сове́т (sovét).

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ра́туша • (rátuša) f inan (genitive ра́туши, nominative plural ра́туши, genitive plural ра́туш, relational adjective ра́тушный)

1. (historical) administrative body of a city or township
2. town hall

Proto-Germanic *rēdaz related

Borrowed

• Ко́нрад m anim (Kónrad)
• ра́да f (ráda)

Native

• нераде́ние n (neradénije), нераде́нье n (neradénʹje)
• неради́вый (neradívyj)
• раде́ние n (radénije), раде́нье n (radénʹje)
• раде́тель m anim (radételʹ)
• раде́ть impf (radétʹ)
• ради́вый (radívyj)

Proto-Germanic *hūsą related

Borrowed

• ? я́рус m (járus)

Borrowed into Proto-Slavic

• хи́жина f (xížina)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ратуша”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “ратуша”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa