rūsys

Lithuanian

Vyno rūsys - Wine cellar

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian rūsa (“pit for storing potatoes”). Further related to Lithuanian raũsti (“to dig”), Latvian ràust (“to rake, dig”).

  • According to Derksen it could be, along with Lithuanian raũpti (“to dig”), an extension of the base of ráuti (“to pull out (roots)”), which is related to Proto-Slavic *ryti (“to dig”).
  • Alternatively, according to Vasmer, could be related to ру́шить (rúšitʹ, “to raze, tear down”).

Noun

rūsỹs m (plural rūsiaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. cellar, basement
  2. pit, hole dug in the ground (especially for storage)

Declension

References

  • “rūsys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “raũsti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 708
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “raupti; rausti; rauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 378
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ру́шить”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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