Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/blúšāˀ

This Proto-Balto-Slavic 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-Balto-Slavic

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *bʰlúseh₂.

    Noun

    *blúšāˀ f[1][2]

    1. flea

    Inflection

    Declension of *blúšāˀ (ā-stem, fixed accent)
    singular dual plural
    nominative *blúšāˀ *blúšāiˀ *blúšās
    accusative *blúšā(ˀ)n *blúšāiˀ *blúšā(ˀ)ns
    genitive *blúšā(ˀ)s *blúšāu(ˀ) *blúšōn
    locative *blúšāiˀ *blúšāu(ˀ) *blúšā(ˀ)su
    dative *blúšāi *blúšā(ˀ)(ˀ) *blúšā(ˀ)mas
    instrumental *blúšāˀn *blúšā(ˀ)māˀ *blúšā(ˀ)mīˀs
    vocative *blúša *blúšāiˀ *blúšās

    Descendants

    • East Baltic:
      • Latgalian: blusa
      • Latvian: blusa
      • Lithuanian: blusà
      • Samogitian: blosa
    • Proto-Slavic: *blъxà (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), “*blъxà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 47:*blúṣaʔ
    2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “blusa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 96:*blúṣaʔ