Perkuns

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Old Prussian

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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/*Perk%CA%B7%C5%ABnos#Theonyms WP] gives it as <i class="Latn mention" lang="prg">[[Perkunis#Old_Prussian|Perkunis]]</i>; [https://books.google.com/books?id=JGs-AAAAYAAJ&hl=de&pg=PA125 Nesselmann] only has <i class="Latn mention" lang="prg">[[percunis#Old_Prussian|percunis]]</i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">thunder</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>
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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *Perkūnas, from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷunos, from *pérkʷus (“oak”). Compare Lithuanian Perkūnas, Latvian Pērkons.

Proper noun

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Perkuns m

  1. Perkuno, the Prussian god of thunder, weather, and the sky
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