Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/perḱ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Root

*perḱ-

Descendants

Germanic: *farwō (“colour”), *furhnō (“a fish”) (see there for further descendants)
Hellenic:
- Ancient Greek: πέρκος (pérkos), πέρκη (pérkē)
  - → Latin: perca
- Ancient Greek: περκνός (perknós)
- Ancient Greek: προκάς (prokás)
- Ancient Greek: πρόξ (próx)
- Ancient Greek: πρώξ (prṓx)
Indo-Iranian: *pŕ̥ĉniš
- Indo-Aryan: *pŕ̥śniṣ
  - Sanskrit: पृश्नि (pṛ́śni)
- Iranian: *pŕ̥ĉniš
  - Middle Persian: plš (parš, “spotted, speckled”)
  - Mazanderani: برجی‎ (barji)
Italic:
- Latin: pulcher (< *polcro- < *pelcro- < *perk-ro-)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume ΙΙΙ, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 820

A Handbook of Germanic Etymology by Vladimír Orel

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