Re: Proscovia
in reply to a message by Anthroponomastics
I would say it is a variation of the Russian/Est European (originally Greek) name Paraskeva, which seems to have a lot of different forms: Petka, Paraskeve, Paraskevi, Praskovie, Pyatnitsa, Pyetka, Paraskevoula, Paraschiva, Voula.
The romanization from cyrillic and the fact that arabic alphabet doesn't usually mark the vowels could explain the strangeness of this particular name.
The romanization from cyrillic and the fact that arabic alphabet doesn't usually mark the vowels could explain the strangeness of this particular name.