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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianPerju
2Romanianperjplum tree variety
3Romanianperjăa type of plum
4Transylvanian SaxonPiërschpeach
5Middle Low Germanpersik
6DutchperzikA peach tree, Prunus persica; A peach, a fruit of...
7Middle Dutchperseke
8Latinpersicawalnut; nominative plural of persicum; accusative...
9LatinPersicusPersian
10Ancient GreekπερσικόςPersian from Persia; pertaining to the Persians
11Ancient GreekΠέρσηςa Persian
12Old Persian𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿a Persian
13Proto-Iranianpárcušrib
14Proto-Indo-Iranianpárćušrib
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpérḱuschest; rib
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pérḱus