Where does “perc” come from?

perc (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch perk, from Frankish parrik, from Proto-Germanic parrukaz — fence; enclosure.

Ancestry of “perc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchperk—
2Frankishparrikenclosure, pen; enclosure, fenced-in area
3Proto-Germanicparrukazfence; enclosure

Words derived from “perc”

Every word from Proto-Germanic parrukaz →