Where does “प्लुषि” come from?

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

प्लुषि (Sanskrit): a species of noxious insect

Definitions

  1. a species of noxious insect

Ancestry of “प्लुषि”, step by step

प्लुषि traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Aryan plúṣiṣ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Aryanplúṣiṣ—
2Proto-Indo-Iranianplúšiš—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplúsisflea

via Proto-Indo-European *plus-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*plus-flea

via Proto-Indo-Iranian *plus-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iranian*plus-—

Words derived from “प्लुषि”

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