Where does “potgas” come from?

potgas (Chamorro) comes from Spanish pulga, from Old Spanish pulga, from Vulgar Latin pulica, from Latin pūlex, from Proto-Indo-European *plus- — flea.

potgas (Chamorro): flea

Definitions

  1. flea

Ancestry of “potgas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpulgaflea; flea market; small sandwich; filled bread...
2Old Spanishpulga
3Vulgar Latinpulicaflea
4Latinpūlexflea
5Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *plus-