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

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).

Related terms

*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

Related descendants

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

South Slavic:
- Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic script: пе̏рӯт
  
  Latin script: pȅrūt

References