- perg-1
- perg-1English meaning: pole; trunkDeutsche Übersetzung: ‘stange, stem”Note: (originally “ felled trunk?”) Root perg-1 : “pole; trunk” derived from Illyr. : Balt : Slav. prefix pre- + gü “road” of Root gʷü- , gʷem- : “to go, come” : Lith. gàita “ way , road “, próga “ opportunity, term (*end of the road) “ (Präfix *prō̆ + gü); Gk. βαθμός m. “ step, threshold, footstep “.Material: O.Ice. forkr m. “ shaft, pole, stick”; (O.E. feorcol, O.S. fercal “bar, bolt, Verschluß” from Lat. veruculum); Lith. pérgas “ fishing canoe “ (*dugout canoe); O.C.S. pragъ “ threshold”, porógъ ds., Pol. próg “ threshold, house, dwelling”, progi pl. “Dielen, Bänke”; maybe Alb. prag “threshold, doorstep”. perhaps here Lat. pergula “ protrusion, Vorbau an a Hause; vestibule, Weinlaube” as Dimin. eines *pergü “Gebälk”. Maybe Alb. pjergull “pergola”.References: WP. II 48, WH. II 288; compare above S. 819 Withte (per-3, per-g-).
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.