Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rukkijaną

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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

Etymology

From *rukkiz (pull, jerk) +‎ *-janą, ultimately from the same source as *rukkōną (to rock).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈruk.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*rukkijaną[1][2]

  1. to pull, to tug
  2. to rock

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*rukk/gōn- 1”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 417:*rukkjan-
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*rukkjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 308