Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/persky

This Proto-Slavic 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-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

peach

Declension

Declension of *persky (v-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*persky	*perskъvi	*perskъvi
Accusative	*perskъvь	*perskъvi	*perskъvi
Genitive	*perskъve	*perskъvu	*perskъvъ
Locative	*perskъve	*perskъvu	perskъvьxъ, perskъvaxъ^*
Dative	*perskъvi	perskъvьma, perskъvama^*	perskъvьmъ, perskъvamъ^*
Instrumental	perskъvьjǫ, perskъvľǫ^**	perskъvьma, perskъvama^*	perskъvьmi, perskъvami^*
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: пра̀скова (pràskova), пра̀сква f (pràskva), пра̀скъва (pràskǎva), пра̀скува (pràskuva), пра̀ска (pràska), пра̀сквя (pràskvja), пра̀ська (pràsʹka), пра̀скя (pràskja), пра̀скье (pràskʹe), пра̀сковье (pràskovʹe), пра̀скъ (pràsk)
- Macedonian: праска (praska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: бре̏сква, dialectally бра̏сква, пра̏сква, пра̏ска, бре̏ска, бри̏ска, бри̏сква
  Latin: 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, 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), “brzoskwinia”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 43
Duridanov I., Račeva M., Todorov T., editors (1996), “пра̀скова”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 603