blou- (bhlou-?), plou-

    blou- (bhlou-?), plou-

    English meaning: flea

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Floh”

    Note: With k- and s-suffixes and taboo transposition and anlaut alteratIon.

    Material: With p: O.Ind. plúši-, Arm. lu (*plus-), Alb. plesht, Lat. pūlex (*pusl-ex), IE*plouk- in O.H.G. flôh, O.E. fléah.

    Note: Common Arm. (often Alb.) initial pl- > l- phonetic mutation also common Lat. plou- > pulephonetic mutation since Lat. prefers initial consonant + vowel order. Lat. phonetic shift can be explainedt only through glottal theory phlou- > pule [ ph > pu] With b (or bh?): afgh. vraža, Gk. ψύλλα (*blusi̯ü), balto-Slav. *blusü in Lith. blusà, Ltv. blusa, pr. PN Blus-kaym, R.C.S. blъcha, Ser.-Cr. bùha, Russ. bɫochá.

    References: Meillet MSL. 22, 142, 539 f., Trautmann 35, Specht Decl. 42 f., 203, 235.