Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hrukkazScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hrukkaz
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rhuwchbran, husks, sieve; rough garment, cloak, mantle*kreḱ-to weaveruchttunic*kresatito strike fire
nounmasculinea-stema robe; jacket; skirt; tunicKroonen considers the term to be of unknown origin, and additionally considers the reconstruction *rukkaz to be incorrect, due to the existence of forms such as Old Frisian hrock, thus rejecting the traditional derivation from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ- (‘to spin’) and corollary connections with Proto-Germanic *rukkô (‘spinning wheel, distaff’), Old Irish rucht (‘tunic’), and Welsh rhuwch (‘bran, husks, sieve; rough garment, cloak, mantle’).An alternative derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (‘to weave’) (whence Proto-Slavic *kresati (‘to strike fire)’) is semantically attractive, but phonetically problematic, as the expected Germanic form would be something like *hruhaz.