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

*bʰlew-^[1]^[2]

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]

to overflow

Derived terms

Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰlewH- (5 c, 0 e)

*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 < *ɸlowō < *bʰléwH-ti ~ *bʰluH-énti^[4]^[11]) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “bhleu-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 158
^ 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-
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 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
^ 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
^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bľuxati/*bľukati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 135
^ 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
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 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
^ 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
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535
^ Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fluō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 430-432

[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-

[LIV-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 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

[EDL-4] 4.0 ^4.1 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), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 135

[EDBIL-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

[Beekes-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 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

[Sihler-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 535

[EM"-11] Ernout, Alfred, Meillet, Antoine (1985) “fluō”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots‎ (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections of Jacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published 2001, pages 430-432

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