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