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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₃rewk-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Perhaps an extension of *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).[1]

Root

*h₃rewk-[2][3]

  1. to dig
  2. to till (soil)

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃rewk-‎ (4 c, 0 e)
  • *h₃ru-né-k-ti ~ *h₃ru-n-k-énti (nasal-infix present)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian: *Hrunčáti
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *Hrunćáti
        • Sanskrit: लुञ्चति (luñcáti)
    • Proto-Italic: *runkō
  • *h₃ruk-yé-ti (yé-present)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *orúťťō
      • Ancient Greek: ὀρύσσω (orússō), ὀρύττω (orúttō)
  • Unsorted formations:

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 868
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  3. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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