Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/perḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words 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-Indo-EuropeanEdit

RootEdit

*perḱ-

1. colored
2. motley

DescendantsEdit

• Germanic: *farwō (“colour”), *furhnō (“a fish”) (see there for further descendants)
• Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: πέρκος (pérkos), πέρκη (pérkē)
    • Latin: perca
  • Ancient Greek: περκνός (perknós)
  • Ancient Greek: προκάς (prokás)
  • Ancient Greek: πρόξ (próx)
  • Ancient Greek: πρώξ (prṓx)
• Indo-Iranian:
  • Indo-Aryan:
    • Sanskrit: पृश्नि (pṛśni)
  • Iranian:
    • Middle Persian: plš (parš, “spotted, speckled”)
    • Mazanderani: برجی (barji)
• Italic:
  • Latin: pulcher (< *polcro- < *pelcro- < *perk-ro-)

ReferencesEdit

• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume ΙΙΙ, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 820

1. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology by Vladimír Orel