Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/persky

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

*persky

*persky

Alternative forms

• *bersky, *porsky

Etymology

From Latin persica, possibly via Byzantine Greek περσίκιον (persíkion). The form *bersky arose by contamination with *borsky (“rutabaga”).

Noun

*persky f

1. peach

Declension

Declension of *persky (v-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*persky	*perskъvi	*perskъvi
genitive	*perskъve	*perskъvu	*perskъvъ
dative	*perskъvi	*perskъvьma, *perskъvama*	*perskъvьmъ, *perskъvamъ*
accusative	*perskъvь	*perskъvi	*perskъvi
instrumental	*perskъvьjǫ, *perskъvľǫ**	*perskъvьma, *perskъvama*	*perskъvьmi, *perskъvami*
locative	*perskъve	*perskъvu	*perskъvьxъ, *perskъvaxъ*
vocative	*persky	*perskъvi	*perskъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

Descendants

• South Slavic:
  • Bulgarian: пра́скова (práskova), пра́сква (práskva), пра́скъва (práskǎva), пра́скува (práskuva), пра́ска (práska), пра́сквя (práskvja), пра́ська (prásʹka), пра́скя (práskja), пра́скье (práskje), пра́сковье (práskovje), пра́скъ f (prásk)
  • Macedonian: праска (praska)
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: бре̏сква, dialectally бра̏сква, пра̏сква, пра̏ска, бре̏ска, бри̏ска, бри̏сква

    Latin script: brȅskva, dialectally brȁskva, prȁskva, prȁska, brȅska, brȉska, brȉskva

  • Slovene: brẹ́skəv, dialectally brẹ̑skva
  • → Aromanian: prascã
  • → Hungarian: barack
• West Slavic:
  • Czech: břeskev, replaced by confusion with broskev
  • Polish: brzoskiew
    • ⇒ Polish: brzoskwinia
      • → Russian: броскви́на (broskvína), брускви́на (bruskvína)
  • Slovak: broskyňa, formerly dialectally broskva, broskev
  • Sorbian:

    Lower Sorbian: brjaschen, rjaschen, brjaskeẃ, brjasken (of which rjaschen prevails)

    Upper Sorbian: brěska f, brěšk m

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/persky”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 43
• Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пра̀скова”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 603