rusca

See also: ruscă, Rusca, and Rusça

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Morphologically rus +‎ -ca.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

rusca

1. in Russian

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈruːs.ka]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrus.ka]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-

Proto-Celtic *rukskos

Proto-Celtic *rūskos

Gaulish rūscabor.

Latin rusca

Borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).

Noun

rūsca f (genitive rūscae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bark

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rūsca	rūscae
genitive	rūscae	rūscārum
dative	rūscae	rūscīs
accusative	rūscam	rūscās
ablative	rūscā	rūscīs
vocative	rūsca	rūscae

Descendants

• Catalan: rusc
• Old French: rusche
  • Middle French: rusche
    • French: ruche
      • → English: ruche
      • → German: Rüsche
      • → Italian: ruche
      • → Polish: riusza
  • Norman: ruche
• Old Occitan: rusca
• Lombard: rusca, rusc
• Piedmontese: rusca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

rusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ruscum

References

• "rusca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Lombard

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-

Proto-Celtic *rukskos

Proto-Celtic *rūskos

Gaulish rūscabor.

Early Medieval Latin rusca

Lombard rusca

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).

Noun

rusca f

1. bark, peel

Piedmontese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk-

Proto-Celtic *rukskos

Proto-Celtic *rūskos

Gaulish rūscabor.

Early Medieval Latin rusca

Piedmontese rusca

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rusca (“bark”), borrowed from Gaulish rūsca, from Proto-Celtic *rūskos (“bark”), from *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig up”), from *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out”).

Noun

rusca f

1. bark