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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰlewH-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possible laryngeal extension of *bʰlew-, whence Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō, “to overflow, flood”), itself possibly suffixed in *-ew- from *bʰel- (“to blow (up), swell”).

Root

*bʰlewH-[3]

  1. to overflow

Derived terms
Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlewH-
  • *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti (athematic root present)[3][4]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *bljauˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *bľuti (“to vomit”) (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *bľьvati (“to vomit”)[5] (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒? Proto-Slavic: *bľúkati (“to gush, spout”)[6] (+ *-kati) (see there for further descendants)
      • >? Latvian: bļaût (“to bleat”) (possibly[7], though disputed[8], perhaps from *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat”))
      • >? Lithuanian: bliáuti (“to bleat, weep”) (see above)
    • Proto-Hellenic: *pʰlūō
      • Ancient Greek: φλύω (phlúō, “to be full of juice; to thrive (of plants); to vomit”)[8]
        • ⇒ Ancient Greek: φλύος (phlúos, “babble”)[8]
        • ⇒? Ancient Greek: έφλευσε (éphleuse, “to burn”)[3][9]
  • *bʰluH-yé-ti (zero-grade ye-present)[10]
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *blūˀtei
      • Proto-Slavic: *blyjati (“to spring (continuously)”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Italic: *flūō[10]
      • Latin: fluō (“to flow, to pour”) (or < *fluwō < *flowō < *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti[4][11]) (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “bhleu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 158
  2. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page *bhleu-
  3. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*bʰleu̯H-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 91
  4. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “fluō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 228
  5. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*bļьvàti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
  6. Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bľuxati/*bľukati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
  7. Derksen, Rick (2015), “bliauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94
  8. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φλύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1582
  9. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φλευ-C”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1577
  10. Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535
  11. Ernout, Alfred; Meillet, Antoine (1985), “fluō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), with additions and corrections of Jacques André, 4th edition, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 430-432
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