The name of the city could be derived from Proto-Slavic dialectal word *''pryščina'', meaning "spring (of water)", which is also attested in the Moravian dialects of Czech; it is derived from the verb *''pryskati'', meaning "to splash" or "to spray" (''prskati'' in modern Serbian). The toponym Priština also appears as the name of a hamlet near Teslić in Bosnia and Herzegovina.