Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/porxъ

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 Proto-Balto-Slavic *paršas, from Proto-Indo-European *pers- (“to sprinkle”). Cf. Lithuanian purkšti (“shower”), Latvian pārsla (“flake”), Sanskrit पृषत् (pṛ́ṣat), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬀 (paršuiia), Old Norse fors, Tocharian A/Tocharian B pärs-.

Noun

*pȏrxъ m

  1. dust

Declension

Declension of *pȏrxъ (hard o-stem, accent paradigm c)
singular dual plural
nominative *pȏrxъ *pȏrxa *pȏrśi
genitive *pȏrxa *porxù *põrxъ
dative *pȏrxu *porxomà *porxòmъ
accusative *pȏrxъ *pȏrxa *pȏrxy
instrumental *pȏrxъmь, *pȏrxomь* *porxomà *porxý
locative *pȏrśě *porxù *porśě̃xъ
vocative *porše *pȏrxa *pȏrśi

* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Proto-Slavic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pers- (0 c, 5 e)

Descendants

  • East Slavic: порохъ (poroxŭ)
    • Belarusian по́рах (pórax)
    • Russian: по́рох (pórox)
    • Ukrainian: по́рох (pórox)
  • South Slavic:
  • West Slavic:

Non-Slavic:

  • → Megleno-Romanian: prau
  • → Romanian: praf

Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “по́рох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Derksen, Rick (2008) “*porxъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
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