Where does “плюя” come from?

плюя (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic пльвати, from Proto-Slavic pľьvati, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- — to spit, vomit.

плюя (Bulgarian): to spit

Definitions

  1. to spit

Ancestry of “плюя”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпльватиto spit
2Proto-Slavicpľьvatito spit
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ptyēw-to spit, vomit
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ptyēw- →Every word from Proto-Slavic pľьvati →Every word from Old Church Slavonic пльвати →