Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/párśas

This Proto-Balto-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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱ-os (piglet), from *perḱ- (to dig). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *farhaz, Proto-Celtic *ɸorkos, Proto-Italic *porkos, Proto-Iranian *párcah.

Noun

*párśas m[1][2][3]

  1. piglet, young pig
nouns
  • *parśeljas m
  • *parśīˀnāˀ f

Descendants

  • East Baltic:
    • Old Lithuanian: par̃šas
      • Lithuanian: par̃šas (dialectal)
      • Samogitian: paršos
  • West Baltic:
    • Old Prussian: prastian
  • Proto-Slavic: *porsъ
    • Proto-Slavic: *pȏrsę n (< *párś-ent-) (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ^ EDBIL, page 344: “paršas”, “BSl. *porś-”, “PSl. *pȍrsę”, “PIE *porḱos
  2. ^ EDSIL, page 414: “*pȍrsę”, “BSl. *porś-”, “PIE *porḱ-os
  3. ^ BSW, page 207: “parša-

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