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Russian
Etymology
From по- (po-) + *перёк (*perjók, “crosswise”), from Proto-Slavic *perkъ. Underlying root found in Old East Slavic перекъ (perekŭ, “width, crossbeam”) as well as Belarusian пе́рек (pjérjek, “across”); Ukrainian пере́ка (peréka, “contradiction”); Church Slavonic прѣкꙑ (prěky, “across”); Bulgarian пря́ко (prjáko, “straight, across”); Serbo-Croatian при̏јек (“steep”); при̏јекӣ (“straight, nearest”); при̏јеко (“through”); Slovene prek (“across (adverb)”) (tonal orthography), also preko (tonal orthography); prèk (“across (preposition)”) (tonal orthography); Czech příka (“steepness”); příč (“width”); Slovak priek (“resistance”); Pannonian Rusyn прейґ, прейґа (prejg, prejga, “across, over”); Polish w poprzek (“across, crosswise”) or obsolete Polish przeko (“across”); Upper Sorbian prěki (“across”); Lower Sorbian pŕeki (“across”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
поперёк • (poperjók)
- across, athwart
Adverb
поперёк • (poperjók)
- across, crosswise
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “поперёк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “-перёк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress