Пльсковъ

• Пьсковъ (Pĭskovŭ)

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”).

Пльсковъ (Plĭskovŭ) m

1. 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

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “Псков”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress