Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/perunъ

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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

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Etymology

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

Compare also Finnish perkele, Latvian pērkons and Erzya пурьгине (puŕgińe)

Noun

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*perunъ m

  1. thunder, lightning

Declension

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • 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
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перун”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress