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)
  • Ancient Greek: πορκνός ‎(porknós, “dark”)
  • 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

1. A Handbook of Germanic Etymology by Vladimír Orel