Where does “Perkūns” come from?
Perkūns (Old Prussian) comes from Proto-Indo-European perkʷunos, from Proto-Indo-European pérkʷus — oak.
Ancestry of “Perkūns”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | perkʷunos | oak god, thunder god |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pérkʷus | oak |