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South Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-South Dravidian : *pĭr_-uku
Meaning : mosquito
Malayalam : pir_ukku
Malayalam meaning : gnat, mosquito
Kodagu : purɨkɨ
Kodagu meaning : mosquito
Number in DED : 4203
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Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-Dravidian : *pid_-Vk- (?)
Meaning : a k. of small insect
Notes : The comparison is dubious, as SDR *-r_-, PGn *-ṛ- and PNDR *-t- either suggest a complicated cluster or simply cannot be compared at all.
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Gondwan etymology :
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Proto-Gondi-Kui : *poṛ-k-
Meaning : louse
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Gondi etymology :
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Proto-Gondi : *poṛk-i
Meaning : louse
Betul Gondi : paṛkī
Mandla Gondi (Williamson) : paṛkī
Mandla Gondi (Phailbus) : paṛkī
Maria Gondi : porki
Seoni Gondi : purki
Koya Gondi : pork (pl. -i), (Su.) porki
Yeotmal Gondi : purki
Chindwara Gondi : paṛkī
Adilabad Gondi : purki
Durg Gondi : poṛki
Number in DED : 4203
Number in CVOTGD : 2419
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North Dravidian etymology :
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Proto-North-Dravidian : *putŋ-ī
Meaning : midge, fly
Kurukh : putUŋgī, putuŋgī "midge"
Malto : putgi "sand-fly"
Number in DED : 4203
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Nostratic etymology :
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Eurasiatic: *pur_cwV(GV) / *pülcwV(GV)
Meaning: flea
Uralic: *pülčä (Khelim.)
References: МССНЯ 331, ОСНЯ 2, 99-100; ND 1714 *paLuCV 'stinging insect', 1780 *pürGU(-čV) ~ *pürčVGV 'flea, gnat, mosquito'. Cf. also *ṗVlV 'fly, flea'; *ṗVrV 'bee, insect'. nostret-meaning,nostret-prnum,nostret-ier,nostret-alt,nostret-ura,nostret-drav,nostret-reference,
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *plus-, *pusl-, *psul-; *b(h)-
Meaning: flea
Old Indian: plúṣi- m. `a species of noxious insect, flying white-ant'; paroṣṇī f. `cockroach'
Other Iranian: Pashto vrā́ẓ̌a (< Ir. *brúšā) 'flea'
Armenian: lu, gen. lvoy `блоха'
Old Greek: psǘlla f. (/ psǘllo-s m.) `Floh'
Latin: pūlex, -icis m. `Floh'
Albanian: plesht, pl. -a `flea'
Russ. meaning: насекомое (блоха)
Comments: Germ *flaux- probably < *pslou-k-.
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: блоха́,
Near etymology: укр. блиха́, др.-русск. блъха, болг. бълха́, сербохорв. бу̀ха, словен. bóɫha, чеш., слвц. blcha, польск. pchɫa, в.-луж. pcha, tka, н.-луж. pcha.
Further etymology: Родственно лит. blusà, лтш. blusa, афг. vraža "блоха" (из др.-ир. *brušā; см. Хюбшман 453, Lit. Centralbl., 1894, 792), арм. lu, род. п. lvoy "блоха" (из *bhlusā, там же), греч. ψύλλα, ψύλλος "блоха" (с метатезой, возм., под влиянием греч. ψῆν, ψαίειν; см. Мейе, MSL 22, 142 и сл.; И. Шмидт, Kritik 29). Несколько дальше алб. plesht "блоха" из *pleust- (Г. Майер, Alb. Wb. 345; Бернекер 1, 62 и сл.; Траутман, BSW 35; М. -- Э. 1, 318; Педерсен, IF 5, 33).
Pages: 1,176-177
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *flaux; *fláuxa-z, -n
Meaning: flea
Old Norse: flō, pl. flȫr f.
Norwegian: flo
Old English: flēah `flea'; flēa, -an m. `id.', flēo `id.'
English: flea
Middle Dutch: vlō f.
Dutch: vlo f.
Middle Low German: vlō f.
Old High German: flōh (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: vlōch, vlō st. m. 'floh'
German: Floh m.
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 173
Root: blou- (bhlou-?), plou-
English meaning: flea
German meaning: `Floh'
General comments: Mit k- und s-Suffixen und tabuierender Umstellung und Anlautswechsel.
Material: Mit p: ai. plúši-, arm. lu (*plus-), alb. plesht, lat. pūlex (*pusl-ex), idg.*plouk- in ahd. flôh, ags. fléah. Mit b (oder bh?): afgh. vraža, gr. ψύλλα (*blusi̯ā), balto-slav. *blusā in lit. blusà, lett. blusa, pr. ON Blus-kaym, russ.-ksl. blъcha, skr. bùha, russ. bɫochá.
References: Meillet MSL. 22, 142, 539 f., Trautmann 35, Specht Dekl. 42 f., 203, 235.
Pages: 102
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Altaic etymology :
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Proto-Altaic: *bi̯ure
Meaning: flea
Russian meaning: блоха
Comments: KW 71, SKE 198, ОСНЯ 2, 99-100, Лексика 183. In Turkic one would rather expect *bir-: this variant is indeed reflected in most Oghuz languages; others may have reintroduced -ü- under Mongolian influence. altet-prnum,altet-meaning,altet-rusmean,altet-turc,altet-mong,altet-kor,altet-reference,
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Turkic etymology :
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Proto-Turkic: *bürče / *bürge
Meaning: flea
Russian meaning: блоха
Karakhanid: bürge (MK, IM) Turkish: pire
Tatar: börčɛ
Uzbek: burga
Uighur: bürgä
Azerbaidzhan: pirä
Turkmen: büre
Chuvash: pъʷrźa
Kirghiz: bürgö
Kazakh: bürge, bürše (dial.), burša (dial.)
Noghai: bürše
Bashkir: börsä
Balkar: bürče
Gagauz: pire
Karaim: bürče
Karakalpak: bürge
Kumyk: bürče
Comments: EDT 362, VEWT 92, ЭСТЯ 2, 298-299, Лексика 182-183. The Kypch. form *bürče is a diminutive. turcet-prnum,turcet-meaning,turcet-rusmean,turcet-krh,turcet-trk,turcet-tat,turcet-chg,turcet-uzb,turcet-uig,turcet-azb,turcet-trm,turcet-chv,turcet-krg,turcet-kaz,turcet-nogx,turcet-bas,turcet-blkx,turcet-gagx,turcet-krmx,turcet-klpx,turcet-qum,turcet-reference,
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Mongolian etymology :
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Proto-Mongolian: *bürge
Meaning: 1 flea 2 louse
Russian meaning: 1 блоха 2 вошь
Written Mongolian: bürge, büürge 2
Middle Mongolian: burge (HY 12) 2, birik (IM) 1, burkä (MA) 1, būrge (Lig.VMI) 1 Khalkha: bǖreg 2
Kalmuck: bǖrgǝ 1
Ordos: bǖrge 1
Dongxian: bǝnɣǝ
Baoan: bǝrgǝ
Monguor: būrge (SM 35), 2 (MGCD burgǝ) Comments: KW 71, MGCD 513. Cf. also (L 138) burɣuusun 'mosquito, gnat'. Length in Northern forms may be expressive. monget-prnum,monget-meaning,monget-rusmean,monget-wmo,monget-mmo,monget-hal,monget-kal,monget-ord,monget-dun,monget-bao,monget-mgr,monget-reference,
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Korean etymology :
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Proto-Korean: *pjǝ̀rók
Meaning: flea
Russian meaning: блоха
Modern Korean: pjǝruk
Middle Korean: pjǝ̀rók
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Borean (approx.) : PVRCV
Meaning : flea
African (misc.) : Cf. Bantu *-bùduk- 'fly'.
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ṗVrɣVč-
Meaning: flea, grasshopper
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2502
Proto-Semitic: *ṗVrɣVt_- ~ *ṗVrt_Vɣ-
Meaning: flea
Akkadian: peršaʔu (persʔau, perʔāšu, paršaʔu, paršuʔu, puršuʔu) 'Floh' OAkk. on [AHw. 855]. In OAkk. as a proper name only (perʔāšum) which is likely the most archaic variant of this word in Akkadian (note that in later periods only peršaʔum and puršuʔu are known from proper names). Outside onomastic evidence, p. is known from lexical lists (from OB) and a few literary texts.
Eblaitic: pur-ḫa-šúm [MEE 4 116 IV 9]. In a monolingual lexical list among other harmful insects (identified with the present root in [Sjöberg 18]).
Hebrew: parʕōš 'flea' [KB 971], pB. [Ja. 1236]. Known from two closely related passages 1S 24.15 and 26.20 as an expression for self-abasement ( ...ʔaḥărē mī ʔattā rōdēp ʔaḥărē käläb mēt ʔaḥărē parʕōš ʔäḥād '...Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, one single flea!'; ...yāṣā(ʔ) mäläk yiŝrāʔēl lǝbaḳ- ḳēš ʔät-parʕōš ʔäḥād... '...The king of Israel went to look for one single flea!').
Syrian Aramaic: purtaʕnā 'pullex' [Brock. 610], [PS 3315].
Arabic: burɣūt_-
Notes: Arb. burɣūt_- 'puce' [BK 1 113], [Fr. I 110], [Lane 189], [LA II 116] is often compared to the present root which could imply a reconstruction of *ṗ in this root (so already [Grimme 262]). In this connection, of interest is Jud. purṭaʕnā [Levy WTM IV 112] (for a similar variant form in Syr. see [PS 3315]) with an emphatic -ṭ- which may reflect a shift of emphasis from the first consonant. In Arabic cf. also barɣaš(at)- 'moucheron' [BK 1 113], [Fr. I 110], [TA XVII 74], a variant root with unexpected š? [Fron. 297]: *parɣūt_- 'pulce' (Arb., Syr., Hbr., Akk.); [Brock. 610], [KB 971]: Hbr., Akk., Arb., Syr.; [AHw. 855]: Hbr., Akk., Arb., Syr., Arm.; [Firmage 1155]: Akk., Hbr., Ugr. (prɣt, a proper name according to [DLU 354]; moreover, -t is hard to explain), Arm., Arb. (burɣūt_-).
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *burɣVs-
Meaning: 'grasshopper'
Ayr: bǝrwǝḳḳâs 'animaux nuisibles (com. les leons...insectes venimeux, les guèpes)' F 1529
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): bǝrwǝḳḳâs 'animaux nuisibles (com. les leons...insectes venimeux, les guèpes)' F 1529
Adghaq (Tadghaq): bǝrwǝḳḳâs 'animaux nuisibles (com. les leons...insectes venimeux, les guèpes)' F 1529
Seghrushen: burḫs
Rif: a-b_ûrḫs
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Proto-CChadic: *mV-bVrguč-
Meaning: 'louse'
Mafa=Matakam: ńkišḅér [BMaf]
Daba: mbɨ̀rguč [Kr: 158]
Notes: met. in Mafa
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ṗaɫVsṭV́
Meaning: a k. of insect
Comments and references : ? Bsq. *bar̄c ~ *par̄c 'nit' (361).
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Proto-North Caucasian: *baɫVc̣V ( ~ -ǝ-)
Meaning: a k. of worm
Notes: A Tsez-Lezg. isogloss.
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Tsezian etymology :
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Proto-Tsezian: *bal(V)c̣o (~-ɔ-,-č̣-)
Meaning: a small red worm
Bezhta: balč̣o
Comments: Attested only in Bezht., with a possible Lezg. parallel.
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *p:alc̣-
Meaning: earthworm
Rutul: barc̣il (Khaidakov)
Comment: Attested only in Rut., but having a probable Bezht. parallel.
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Burushaski etymology :
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Common Burushaski: *phalc̣V
Meaning: 1 beetle 2 bug
Hunza: phálc̣o
Nagar: phalc̣í
Comments: Sh. phalc̣ií
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