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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

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

Words derived from “प्लुषि”

  • príṣu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plúsis →