rusca

Morphologically rus +‎ -ca.

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rusca

1. in Russian

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

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”).

rūsca f (genitive rūscae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) bark

First-declension noun.

• 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

rusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ruscum

• "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)

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”).

rusca f

1. bark, peel

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”).

rusca f

1. bark