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