köken: From по- (po-) + *перёк (*perjók, “crosswise”), from Proto-Slavic *perkъ. Underlying root found in Old East Slavic перекъ (perekŭ, “width, crossbeam”) as well as Belarusian пе́рек (pjérjek, “across”); Ukrainian пере́ка (peréka, “contradiction”); Church Slavonic прѣкꙑ (prěky, “across”); Bulgarian пря́ко (prjáko, “straight, across”); Serbo-Croatian при̏јек (“steep”); при̏јекӣ (“straight, nearest”);…
across (physically) · through (physically) · by (used in passive constructions)
eş: z powodu
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Balto-Slavic *per Proto-Slavic *per- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Slavic *-zъ Proto-Slavic *perzъ Old Polish przez Polish przez Inherited from Old Polish przez.
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *dh₃ǵʰmós (“oblique”). Cognate with Ancient Greek δοχμός (dokhmós, “aslant, oblique”). The development of Sanskrit -j- from Proto-Indo-European *d is also seen in जिह्वा (jihvā, “tongue”), from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.