Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/persik

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Late Latin persicum.

Noun

*persik m

peach

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*persik
Genitive	*persikas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*persik	persikō, persikōs
Accusative	*persik	*persikā
Genitive	*persikas	*persikō
Dative	*persikē	*persikum
Instrumental	*persiku	*persikum

Alternative reconstructions

*persikkjā, *persikō

Derived terms

*persikabaum
- Old Saxon: persikbōm
  - Middle Low German: persikbôm, persekbôm
- Old Dutch: *persikbōm
  - Middle Dutch: persekeboom, persikeboom, persicboom, persecboom
    - Dutch: perzikboom
- Old High German: pfersihboum, phersihboum
  - Middle High German: pfersichboum, pfersichpoum, phersichboum
    - German: Pfirsichbaum
*persikīn

Descendants

Old English: persoc, persic
- Middle English: persogʒe
Old Saxon: *persik, *persika
- Middle Low German: persik, pêrsik, persek, persike
  - Low German:
    Altmärkisch: Përsch
    Westphalian:
    Westmünsterländisch: Peersick, Peersken, Peerseken, Persik
    East Westphalian: Päsken (Ravensberg)
    South Westphalian: Päärske, Päärseke (Dortmund)
    - → Belarusian: пе́рсік (pjérsik)
    - → Russian: пе́рсик (pérsik)
    - → Ukrainian: пе́рсик (pérsyk)
  - → Old Danish: persic
    - → Danish: fersken
  - → Faroese: ferska
  - → Greenlandic: ferskeni
  - → Icelandic: ferskja
  - → Norwegian: fersken
  - → Swedish: persika
    - → Finnish: persikka
Old Dutch: *persika
- Middle Dutch: persike, perseke
  - Dutch: perzik
    - Afrikaans: perske
      - → Phuthi: iperekisi
    - → West Frisian: perzik
    - → Indonesian: persik
    - → Unami: pilkësh
Old High German: pfersih, phersih
- Middle High German: pfersich
  - Alemannic German: Fërsich
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Persch
    Transylvanian Saxon: Piërsch
  - German: Pfirsich
  - Rhine Franconian:
    Pennsylvania German: Pasching
  - Yiddish: פֿערשקע‎ (fershke)