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פּראָשיק
‘powder’

פּראָשיק
'powder'

ETYMOLOGY

Polish proszek < proch + -ek < Proto-Slavic ✱pȏrxъ (Old Church Slavonic praxŭ, Russian по́рох '(gun) powder') < Proto-Balto-Slavic ✱porṣ- (Latvian pā̀rsla 'flake, particle').
Related: Polish parch 'dermatophytosis (ringworm infection)' (see פּאַרך) < Proto-Slavic ✱pь̑rxъ 'dust'; from PIE ✱prs-o- < ✱pers- 'to sprinkle, spatter'.
Related: PGmc ✱fursa- 'gush (?)': ON fors, foss 'torrent; waterfall'.
Lithuanian pur̃slas 'spatter, spray', Sanskrit pŕ̥ṣant- 'speckled, spotted'.

CENTRAL

פּראָשקעס
('(אין מערצאָל) רפֿואה אין דער פֿאָרם פֿון פּולווער, פּודער')