Where does “Pierona” come from?

Pierona (German) comes from Silesian pierōn, from Polish piorun, from Old East Slavic Перунъ, from Proto-Slavic perunъ, from Proto-Indo-European perkunos, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.

Pierona (German): damn!, blimey!; exclamation stereotypical for the German speech of eastern Silesia, which was a form of Standard German influenced by Slavic as well as (western) Silesian German dialects

Definitions

  1. damn!, blimey!; exclamation stereotypical for the German speech of eastern Silesia, which was a form of Standard German influenced by Slavic as well as (western) Silesian German dialects

Ancestry of “Pierona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Silesianpierōnlightning, thunderbolt
2Polishpiorunlightning
3Old East SlavicПерунъPerun
4Proto-Slavicperunъthunder, lightning
5Proto-Indo-Europeanperkunosthe thunder god
6Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkunos →Every word from Proto-Slavic perunъ →