Hi Roizy,

That makes sense.

I was wondering if it might mean "shake hands" from the context, but I was guessing the Germanic "rukn", "push (something), slide (something)" for the root, but the Russian word for hand makes a lot more sense.

Usually, most verbs can have an alternate infinitive that replaces the usual -n or -en with -even, but if it had been the Germanic word "rukn" the expected alternate for that root would be "rukeven", but the Russian word for "hand" explains the "a" in "rukaven" quite nicely.

Not sure how long it would have taken me to figure that out, but I definitely wasn't getting it right off the bat.

Thanks for posting your findings Roizy!
Yosele

Is it a אַ or אָ in this word?