Editing Rugii (section)

==Etymology==
The tribal name ''Rugii'' is believed to originate from the name of the cereal [[rye]] and would thus have meant "rye eaters" or "rye farmers".{{sfn|Andersson|2003}} The [[Proto-Germanic]] word for rye has been reconstructed as ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rugiz|*rugiz]]'', and versions of the word exist in both [[West Germanic]] (reconstructed as ''*rugi''), [[North Germanic]] languages (Old Norse ''[[wikt:rugr#Old_Norse|rugr]]''), but are not known from [[East Germanic]]. They are also known in the other language families of the [[Baltic region]]: [[Finnic languages|Finnic]] (reconstructed in Proto-Finnic ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/rugis|*rugis]]'');  [[Baltic languages|Baltic]]; and [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] (''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/rъžь|rŭžĭ]]''). Andersson notes that etymology limits the possible places that we might expect the Rugii to have had their original homeland. For example, the cultivation rye, which was originally cultivated in the Middle East, is not known in Norway in the Roman era, which implies that the later Rygir of Norway were not living in the original Rugian homeland.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}

Other historical terms associated with the Rugii:
*''Ulmerugi'', the coastal region near the Vistula which was mentioned by Jordanes, can be translated as "island Rugii", containing the Proto-Germanic word reconstructed as ''[[wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hulmaz|*hulmaz]]'' (English ''[[wikt:holm#English|holm]]'', Old Norse ''holmr''). An equivalent word in Old Norse ''holmrygir'' is found in Norway, near the tribe who were called the Rygir.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}
*Ptolemy's ''Rutikleioi'' have been interpreted as a scribal error for ''Rugikleioi'' (in Greek). The meaning of the second part of this name form is unclear, but it has, for example, been interpreted as a Germanic diminutive.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}
*Uncertain and disputed is the association of the Rugii with the name of the isle of [[Rügen]] and the tribe of the [[Rugini]]. Though some scholars have suggested that the Rugii passed their name to the Isle of Rügen in modern Northeastern Germany, other scholars have presented alternative hypotheses of Rügen's etymology associating the name to the mediaeval [[Rani (tribe)|Rani (Rujani) tribe]].{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}<ref name=Rives311/>
*The ''Rugini'' are mentioned only once, in a list of Germanic tribes still to be Christianised drawn up by the English monk [[Bede]] in his {{lang|la|Historia ecclesiastica}} of the early 8th century.{{sfn|Andersson|2003}}<ref name=Fraesdorff55/>