Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perunъ

This Proto-Slavic 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-Slavic

Etymology

From *Perunъ. By surface analysis, *pьràti (to beat, to hit) +‎ *-ũnъ (-er). Compare similar Ancient Greek κεραυνός (keraunós).

Noun

*perũnъ m[1]

  1. thunder, lightning
    Synonyms: *mъ̃ldni, *grȍmъ

Declension

Declension of *perũnъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)
singular dual plural
nominative *perũnъ *perūnà *perūnì
genitive *perūnà *perūnù *perũnъ
dative *perūnù *perūnòma *perūnòmъ
accusative *perũnъ *perūnà *perūnỳ
instrumental *perūnъ̀mь, *perūnòmь* *perūnòma *perũny
locative *perūně̀ *perūnù *perũněxъ
vocative *perune *perūnà *perūnì

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

verbs

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: *перунъ (*perunŭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: перунъ (perun)
        • Belarusian: пяру́н (pjarún), пе́рун (pjérun), пе́рань (pjéranʹ)
        • Carpathian Rusyn: перун (perun)
        • Ukrainian: пе́ру́н (pérún), пе́рум (pérum), пе́рім (périm), пе́рон (péron), пе́рін (périn)
      • Russian: перу́н (perún)
  • South Slavic:
    • Slovene: pörun (dialectal)
  • West Slavic:

References

  1. ^ Sławski, Franciszek, editor (1974), “Suf. -unъ”, in Słownik prasłowiański [Proto-Slavic Dictionary] (in Polish), volume 1 (a – bьzděti), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 134

Further reading

  • Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*perunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 310
  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “piorun”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 437
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “piorun”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 584, page 2
  • Tsykhun, G. A., editor (2005), “Пяру́н”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), volumes 10 (пра́сніца – пяя́ць), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, pages 306-308
  • Melnychuk, O. S., editor (2003), “Перу́н”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 4 (Н – П), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 357
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перун”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Machek, Václav (1968), “perun”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 445
  • Králik, Ľubor (2016), “parom”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 423
  • Matasović, Ranko (2014), “2.11.54 *-unъ < *-awna-”, in Slavic Nominal Word-formation: Proto-Indo-European Origins and Historical Development (Empirie und Theorie der Sprachwissenschaft; 3), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 166