Perkuns

Old Prussian

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Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *Perkūnas, from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷunos, from *pérkʷus (“oak”). Compare Lithuanian Perkūnas, Latvian Pērkons.

Proper noun

Perkuns m

Perkuno, the Prussian god of thunder, weather, and the sky