Where does “Perjești” come from?
Perjești (Romanian) comes from Romanian Perju, from Romanian perj, from Romanian perjă, from Transylvanian Saxon Piërsch, from Middle Low German persik, from Dutch perzik, from Middle Dutch perseke, from Latin persica — chest; rib.
Ancestry of “Perjești”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | Perju | — |
| 2 | Romanian | perj | plum tree variety |
| 3 | Romanian | perjă | a type of plum |
| 4 | Transylvanian Saxon | Piërsch | peach |
| 5 | Middle Low German | persik | — |
| 6 | Dutch | perzik | A peach tree, Prunus persica; A peach, a fruit of... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | perseke | — |
| 8 | Latin | persica | walnut; nominative plural of persicum; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | Persicus | Persian |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | περσικός | Persian from Persia; pertaining to the Persians |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Πέρσης | a Persian |
| 12 | Old Persian | 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 | a Persian |
| 13 | Proto-Iranian | párcuš | rib |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | párćuš | rib |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pérḱus | chest; rib |