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]

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⁾mā⁽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
Proto-Slavic: *blъxà (see there for further descendants)

References

^ 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”
^ 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”

[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”

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