Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/persky

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

Alternative forms

*bersky, *porsky

Etymology

From Latin persica, possibly via Byzantine Greek περσίκιον (persíkion). The form *bersky arose by contamination with *borsky (“rutabaga”).

Noun

*persky f

peach

Declension

Declension of *persky (hard v-stem)
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*persky	*perskъvi	*perskъvi
genitive	*perskъve	*perskъvu	*perskъvъ
dative	*perskъvi	perskъvьma, perskъvama^*	perskъvьmъ, perskъvamъ^*
accusative	*perskъvь	*perskъvi	*perskъvi
instrumental	perskъvьjǫ, perskъvľǫ^**	perskъvьma, perskъvama^*	perskъvьmi, perskъvami^*
locative	*perskъve	*perskъvu	perskъvьxъ, perskъvaxъ^*
vocative	*persky	*perskъvi	*perskъvi

^* -ьmъ/etc. are the original consonant-stem endings, while -amъ/etc. are later Common Slavic endings formed by analogy with a-stems.
^** 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).

Descendants

South Slavic:
- Bulgarian: пра́скова (práskova), пра́сква (práskva), пра́скъва (práskǎva), пра́скува (práskuva), пра́ска (práska), пра́сквя (práskvja), пра́ська (prásʹka), пра́скя (práskja), пра́скье (práskje), пра́сковье (práskovje), пра́скъ f (prásk) — dialectal
- Macedonian: праска (praska)
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: бре̏сква, dialectally бра̏сква, пра̏сква, пра̏ска, бре̏ска, бри̏ска, бри̏сква
  
  Latin script: brȅskva, dialectally brȁskva, prȁskva, prȁska, brȅska, brȉska, brȉskva
- Slovene: brẹ́skəv, dialectally brẹ̑skva
- → Aromanian: prascã
- → Hungarian: barack
West Slavic:
- Czech: břeskev, replaced by confusion with broskev
- Polish: brzoskiew
  - ⇒ Polish: brzoskwinia
    - → Russian: броскви́на (broskvína), брускви́на (bruskvína), брусвына (brusvyna), бросква (broskva), бросквиня (broskvinja), бросвины (brosviny)
    - → Middle Ukrainian: бросквинъ (broskvyn)
      - Ukrainian: бросквина (broskvyna), броскви́ня (broskvýnja), брускви́на (bruskvýna), брускви́ня (bruskvýnja), брусвина (brusvyna), брескви́ня (breskvýnja), броскви́ння (broskvýnnja), броски́ння (broskýnnja)
- Old Slovak: breskev, breskva, breskyňa, broskyňa
  - Pannonian Rusyn: брескиня (breskinja)
  - Slovak: broskyňa, formerly dialectally broskva, broskev
- Sorbian:
  Lower Sorbian: brjaschen, rjaschen, brjaskeẃ, brjasken (of which rjaschen prevails)
  
  Upper Sorbian: brěska f, brěšk m

References

Anikin, A. E. (2011) “броскви́на”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 4 (боле – бтарь), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 250
Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “Proto-Slavic/persky”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 43
Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “пра̀скова”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 603