*rukkô

Runic: ᚱᚢᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈruk.kɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

spinning wheel, distaff

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (‘to dig, till’), via a secondary formation. Other theories derive the term from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *rÁkn- (‘weaving, web’), from Proto-Indo-European *ruk-, *rug- (‘to spin, make clothes’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	rukkô	rukkaniz
Acc.	rukkanų	rukkanunz
Gen.	rukkiniz	rukkanǫ̂
Dat.	rukkini	rukkammaz
Inst.	rukkinē	rukkammiz
Voc.	rukkô	rukkaniz

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Descendants

*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rocco (Lombardic)
  - rocca, rocchetto, rocchetta (Italian)
    - رُكَّة (rukka) (Arabic)
    - rocket (English)
    - roca (Portuguese)
    - rueca (Spanish)
*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rocco (Lombardic)
  - rocca, rocchetto, rocchetta (Italian)
    - rocquet, rochet (Old French)
      - rochet (French)
*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rocco (Lombardic)
  - ruccheddu, *rucchellu (Sicilian)
    - rukkell (Maltese)
*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rocco, *rocko (Old Dutch)
  - rocke, rocken (Middle Dutch)
    - rok (Dutch)
*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rocca (Old English)
  - rokke, rocke, rok (Middle English)
    - rock (English)
    - rok (Scots)
*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- rokko, rocko, roccho, rocho (Old High German)
  - rocke (Middle High German)
    - Rocken (German)
*rokkō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *rocko (Old Saxon)
  - rocke, rocken (Middle Low German)
rokkr (Old Norse)
- rok (Danish)
- rokkur (Faroese)
- rokkur (Icelandic)
- rok (Norwegian)
rokkr (Old Norse)
- rokker (Old Swedish)
  - rukki (Finnish)
  - rock (Swedish)

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