| Anc.Greek | Persè | wife of the sun |
| Anc.Greek | Persès | son of the sun |
| Anc.Greek | Perseus | a hero incarnating the rising sun |
| Anc.Greek | Persís | Persia, land of the rising sun, equivalent of "Iran" ð3.2.51.4. |
| Anc.Greek | Persephónè | wife of Hades, thus: who kills the light |
| Lith. | prushvas | sun |
| Alb. | prush | hot coal |
| Alb. | prushanë | glowing fire |
| Engl. | spruce | neat, dapper. No possible relation to Prussia or spruce a coniferous tree ð410., French |
| Germ. | sprosse | spot |
| Germ. | sprosser | in orn. attributed to the Nightingale, but it is certainly the Song Thrush, 339, characteristically spotted, and also a good singer |
| Sorbian | sprosk, sprjosk | Song thrush, 339 |
| Prov.(a.litt.) | prus | (bœuf) brun, FEW 23: 186 |
| Skr. | parusá, parsui | spotted |
| Ital.nord | parussa, parella, speranzina etc. | Great Tit, 390 |
| Lat. | parus | titmouse (< it.) |
| Franç.: Leytron (VS) | parise | nom de vache |
| Franç.: Hérém.(VS) | parïja | nom de vache châtain-brun rayé |
| Prov.: Nice | peraca | Great Tit, 390 |
| Ital.: Lomb. | peraS | Stone Chat, 353 |
| Anc.Greek | paroós | a reddish grey horse |