Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrxotь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms 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-Slavic

Etymology

From *pьrxъ (“powder”) +‎ *-otь, ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to process, to run through, to spatter”).

Noun

*pьrxotь m

1. dandruff

   Synonym: *lupežь (in West Slavic)

Inflection

Declension of *pьrxotь (i-stem, uncountable)

	singular
nominative	*pьrxotь
genitive	*pьrxoti
dative	*pьrxoti
accusative	*pьrxotь
instrumental	*pьrxotьmь
locative	*pьrxoti
vocative	*pьrxoti

^* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).

Related terms

• *perti (“to propel, to obstruct”)
• *porxъ (“dust”)
• *poršьnъ (“dusty”)
• *poršiti (“to dust, to pollinate”)
• *pьrstь (“dirt, soil”)
• *pьrxъ (“powder”)
• *pьrxъkъ (“loose, brittle”)
• *pьršiti (“to sprinkle”)
• *pьrxati (“to flush, to wave, to patter”)

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Belarusian: перхаць (pjerxacʹ)
  • Russian: пе́рхоть (pérxotʹ)
• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пъ́рхот (pǎ́rhot)
  • Macedonian: првут (prvut)
  • Slovene: prhọ̑t, prhljȃj

Related descendants

→ *perǫtъ (reanalyzed as the aorist participle of *perti)

• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пе̏рӯт

    Latin script: pȅrūt

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перхоть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пърхот”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 107