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

  1. a type of plum

Ancestry of “perjă”, step by step

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

Words derived from “perjă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pérḱus