Where does “pulga” come from?
pulga (Asturian) comes from Vulgar Latin pulica, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus-.
pulga (Asturian): flea
Ancestry of “pulga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | pulica | flea |
| 2 | Latin | pūlex | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | *plus- | — |