Where does “plúṣiṣ” come from?

plúṣiṣ (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian plúšiš, from Proto-Indo-European plúsis — flea.

Ancestry of “plúṣiṣ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranianplúšiš—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

Words derived from “plúṣiṣ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsis →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian plúšiš →
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