Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/pьrxotь

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

Etymology

From *pьrxъ (“powder”) +‎ *-otь, ultimately descending from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to process, to run through, to spatter”).

Noun

*pьrxotь m

  1. dandruff
    Synonym: *lupežь (in West Slavic)

Inflection

Declension of *pьrxotь (i-stem, uncountable)
singular
nominative *pьrxotь
genitive *pьrxoti
dative *pьrxoti
accusative *pьrxotь
instrumental *pьrxotьmь
locative *pьrxoti
vocative *pьrxoti

* 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).

  • *perti (“to propel, to obstruct”)
  • *pьrstь (“dirt, soil”)
  • *pьršiti (“to sprinkle”)
  • *pьrxati (“to flush, to wave, to patter”)
  • *pьrxъ (“powder”)
  • *pьrxъkъ (“loose, brittle”)
  • *poršiti (“to dust, to pollinate”)
  • *poršьnъ (“dusty”)
  • *porxъ (“dust”)

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Belarusian: перхаць (pjerxacʹ)
    • Russian: пе́рхоть (pérxotʹ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Bulgarian: пъ́рхот (pǎ́rhot)
    • Macedonian: првут (prvut)
    • Slovene: prhọ̑t, prhljȃj

→ *perǫtъ (reanalyzed as the aorist participle of *perti)

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “перхоть”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (2002), “пърхот”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 6 (пỳскам – словàр²), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 107

References

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