Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perunъ

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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perunъ

See also: 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

Unclear. Probably from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“stone, rock”).

Noun

*perunъ m

1. thunder, lightning

Declension

Declension of *perunъ (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*perunъ	*peruna	*peruni
Accusative	*perunъ	*peruna	*peruny
Genitive	*peruna	*perunu	*perunъ
Locative	*peruně	*perunu	*peruněxъ
Dative	*perunu	*perunoma	*perunomъ
Instrumental	*perunъmь, *perunomь*	*perunoma	*peruny
Vocative	*perune	*peruna	*peruni

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

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old Ruthenian: перунъ (perun)
    • Belarusian: пяру́н (pjarún), пе́рун (pjérun), пе́рань (pjéranʹ)
    • Ukrainian: пе́ру́н (pérún), пе́рум (pérum), пе́рім (périm), пе́рон (péron), пе́рін (périn)
  • Middle Russian: перунъ (perun)
    • Russian: перу́н (perún)
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: parom
    • Moravian (Mistřice): parom
  • Kashubian: piorën, piorun
  • Polish: piorun, pierun
    • Lesser Polish (Więciórka): perǫn
  • Silesian: pierōn
  • Old Slovak: perom
    • Slovak: parom
  • Slovincian: p'orun, pórën, pa'rȯn

Further reading

• Varbot, Zh. Zh., editor (2021), “*perunъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 42 (*peča – *perzъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 310
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “перун”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), transl. and suppl. by Oleg Trubachyov, Moscow: Progress