Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/prḗˀskas

This Proto-Balto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *preyskos (“fresh, pure”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *friskaz.

Adjective

*prḗˀskas[1]

unleavened, unfermented, unsalted

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Lithuanian: prė́skas
⇒ Proto-Slavic: *prěsnъ (< *prḗˀsk-nas) (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *rëëska (see there for further descendants)

References

Derksen, Rick (2015) “prėskas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*preʔskos”

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[1] Derksen, Rick (2015) “prėskas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 370: “*preʔskos”