{"id":21558,"date":"2021-10-22T12:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21558"},"modified":"2021-10-22T12:13:37","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:13:37","slug":"bark-ruffles-and-beehives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=21558","title":{"rendered":"Bark, Ruffles and Beehives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The English word <strong>ruche<\/strong> [\u0279u\u0283] means a gathered ruffle or pleat of fabric used for trimming or decorating garments [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreedictionary.com\/ruche\">source<\/a>], or to flute, pleat or bunch up (fabric) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ruche#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lydiafairy\/6152605119\/in\/photolist-anFH9B-Xg1zTA-2iGnaAt-7b4726-2kR1Xbf-6hUP2E-KRDY9e-6kFHY4-W21eeZ-68TUE4-6hKxwF-JYxer5-m2d5CH-m2dKcK-m2d7LR-2mj9n18-m2dKMH-4Lzmpq-SaCZjC-2mhc2r1-m2d68v-6LYKpn-2mbRwUF-2m4KZTz-2iUaUSp-2ivGMbp-2kE7hSN-7b472B-ck5m4G-2kPWkka-U7ug6f-FaRL1U-9gGyKn-2h3uFCp-De8Z4h-JFd2ZU-8vHuM7-q5djKM-2htJm5Z-2jSwTGr-dcVsEP-DP8Vax-N5gca5-9D3tUY-QyWTiK-RrRtcH-2jpVSGb-MhJL7F-2kcat2c-2jaaYgQ\" title=\"ruffles\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/6173\/6152605119_73f70b016f_z.jpg\" alt=\"ruffles\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It comes from the French word <strong>ruche<\/strong> [\u0281y\u0283], which means a (bee)hive, ruffle or flounce, and comes from the Middle French <em>rusche<\/em> (beehive), from the Medieval Latin <em>rusca<\/em> (bark), from the Gaulish <em>*rusk\u0101<\/em>, from the Proto-Celtic <em>*r\u016bskos<\/em> (bark, beehive) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/ruche#French\">source<\/a>], from the Proto-Indo-European <em>h\u2083rewk-<\/em> (to dig (up), till) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic\/ruskos\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/boklm\/4226155035\/in\/photolist-7rs9DZ-7rs9cV-2iHkzWa-9WvNw6-V2U8Up-bCC5Hs-7XUE1u-843254-2kUBoy9-zGGyVd-wKUAnP-nVrxzW-bkSnxt-9JTGjP-22hjaPg-2hQR7Dp-2hQNHdT-7XUE7L-7RAuyc-2dgbmbq-UF1446-bkSpCH-UCgk41-cMS1t7-5FK3NU-bkSoKK-Hr3qpe-UhAbT3-2dEBMdw-2hQRaox-xEszYE-Sby6Ge-4YfDL9-Gavro-ncHCqC-PWuByf-PWuBuh-qXJJh4-3iiphe-qdjvyN-81U8bo-81QYT4-ckkkhu-ckkjpE-KuUHcF-ckkocd-ckkcs9-ckkgSh-ckkdom-ckkaJy\" title=\"ruches\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2583\/4226155035_979acd83ac_z.jpg\" alt=\"ruches\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Words from the same Proto-Celtic root include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>rusk<\/strong> [rysk\/\u0281ysk] = bark, zest, beehive, bread pan;<br \/>\n<strong>ruskenn<\/strong> = (bee)hive, apiary, frill, ruche (Breton)<\/li>\n<li><strong>rusc<\/strong> [rusk] = (bee)hive (Catalan)<\/li>\n<li><strong>rusk<\/strong> [\u027ey\u02d0sk] = bark, peel (Cornish)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reuse<\/strong> [\u02c8\u0281\u0254\u028f\u032fz\u0259] = fish trap, cage, shrimping net (German)<\/li>\n<li><strong>r\u00fasc<\/strong> [\u027e\u02e0u\u02d0s\u02e0k] = bark (of a tree); vessel made of bark (Irish)<\/li>\n<li><strong>roost<\/strong> [ru\u02d0st] = peel, bark, rind (Manx)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ruse<\/strong> [\u02c8r\u0289\u02d0s\u0259] = fish trap (Norwegian)<\/li>\n<li><strong>r\u00f9sg<\/strong> [r\u032a\u02e0u\u02d0s\u0261] = (tree) bark, peel, rind, husk, crust, fleece (Scottish Gaelic)<\/li>\n<li><strong>ryssja<\/strong> [r\u028f\u0267\u02d0a] = fish trap (Swedish)<\/li>\n<li><strong>rhisgl<\/strong> [\u02c8r\u0325\u026as\u0261l\/\u02c8r\u0325\u026as\u0261\u026al] = bark, rind, peel, husk (Welsh)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arkaevraz.net\/dicobzh\/index.php\">Grand Terrier Edition Skol Vreizh<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fr.brezhoneg.bzh\/36-termofis.htm\">TERMOFIS<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalandictionary.org\/ca\/search\/?q=rusca&amp;d=ca\">catalandictionary.org<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornishdictionary.org.uk\/#rusk\">gerlyver kernewek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/german-english\/Reuse\">ReversoDictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teanglann.ie\/en\/fgb\/r%c3%basc\">teanglann.ie<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mannin.info\/Mannin\/fockleyr\/m2e.php\">On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ordbok.uib.no\/perl\/ordbok.cgi?OPP=ruse\">Bokm\u00e5lsordboka | Nynorskordboka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faclair.com\/ViewEntry.aspx?ID=C60913872670D8A5951B529C618F8A59\">Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/svenska.se\/tre\/?sok=ryssja&amp;pz=2\">Svenska Akademiens Ordb\u00f6cker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/welsh-dictionary.ac.uk\/gpc\/gpc.html\">Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The English word ruche [\u0279u\u0283] means a gathered ruffle or pleat of fabric used for trimming or decorating garments [source], or to flute, pleat or bunch up (fabric) [source]. It comes from the French word ruche [\u0281y\u0283], which means a (bee)hive, ruffle or flounce, and comes from the Middle French rusche (beehive), from the Medieval [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,94,97,104,107,111,114,116,127,10,15,23,31,43,45,56,67,77,78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-catalan","category-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-french","category-gaulish","category-german","category-irish","category-language","category-latin","category-manx","category-norwegian","category-proto-celtic","category-proto-indo-european","category-scottish-gaelic","category-swedish","category-welsh","category-words-and-phrases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21558"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21564,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21558\/revisions\/21564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}