Talk:перстень
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Latest comment: 3 years ago by Zezen in topic Etymology
Etymology
[edit]It does not look good.
Why not from *pьrstь + *-ьnъ?
See https://verbum.by/esbm/pierscien:
Прасл. *pьrsteńь, утворанае ад *pьrstъ ’палец’ (Махэк₂, 486–487) - as per my proposal vs. Сной (гл. Бязлай, 3, 130) услед за Шпехтам (KZ, 59, 245) выводзіць прасл. *pьrsty/ę...
I will wait some days.