Пльсковъ

Old East Slavic

Alternative forms
  • Пьсковъ (Pĭskovŭ)

Etymology

From the river name *Пльскова (*Plĭskova) (Russian Пскова́ (Psková)). Identical to Old Church Slavonic Пльсковъ (Plĭskovŭ, “Pliska”), also related to Polish Pszczyna. Probably related to Proto-Slavic *pleskъ (“splash”).

Proper noun

Пльсковъ (Plĭskovŭ) m

  1. Pskov

Descendants
  • Old Ruthenian: Псковъ (Pskov)
    • Belarusian: Пскоў (Pskoŭ)
    • Ukrainian: Псков (Pskov)
  • Russian: Псков (Pskov), Опско́в (Opskóv)
  • → Middle Low German: Pleskow
    • German: Pleskau
    • → English: Plescow, Pleskow, Pleskou
    • → French: Plescou
    • → Latvian: Pleskava, Pliskava
  • → Estonian: Pihkva
  • → Finnish: Pihkova

Further reading
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Псков”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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