Пльсковъ
Old East Slavic
Alternative forms
- Пьсковъ (Pĭskovŭ)
Etymology
From the river name *Пльскова (*Plĭskova) (Russian Пскова́ (Psková)). Identical to Old Church Slavonic Пльсковъ (Plĭskovŭ, “Pliska”), also related to Polish Pszczyna. Probably related to Proto-Slavic *pleskъ (“splash”).
Descendants
Further reading
- Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “Псков”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
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