Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrxotь
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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
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
Descendants
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
Related descendants
→ *perǫtъ (reanalyzed as the aorist participle of *perti)
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), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 107