*p-l-k- “dirt, foul”
PMA palala “mire, mud” Sanskrit papa “evil, wicked, sinful” Sanskrit SIG Cf. the ancient belief that vermin was created spontaneously in filth. Alternative form *p-r-g2- pre-IndoEuropan-Semitic extended *p-r-G-T- > Proto-Semitic paryo:s^ Hebrew metathesis of g2 and T *p-r-T-G- > Proto-Semitic pars^u'u:, purs^u'u: Assyrian purtaynå Syrian *p-l-k2- (r > l after labial) > Proto-IndoEuropean pulex “flea” Latin *flauh-s (kW > wh) “flea” Gothic with the determinative -s- *plusa:- Proto-Indoropean lu “flea” Armenian : *P.-r-G- Proto-Semitic extended *P.-r-G-T- Proto-Semitic burgu:þun Arabic with the determinative -s- *bhlusa:- Proto-IndoEuropean blusà Lithuanian blu:Xa: Old Churh Slavonian metathesis of -l- and -s-, ly > ll púlla Greek EIEC *pelo/eH2- “chaff” palea “chaff” Latin pelai “chaff” Lithuanian peli “chaff” Latvian pelá “chaff” Russian (dial.) *pelou- “chaff” pelwo “chaff” Old Prussian pelu:s “chaff” Lithuanian pelus / pel(a)vas “chaff” Latvian plevy “straw” Old Church Slavonian polóva “chaff” Russian (dial.) palá:va:s (pl.) “chaff” Sanskrit pulvis “dust” Latin NO fúll “foul” Old Norse faul “foul; lazy” German ful (arch.) “ugly, evil” Danish pus “puss” Latin HSED 1966: *pay- “flea” py “flea” Egyptian (medical papyri) *pay- “flying termite” East Chadic peyyo “flying termite” Mokilko cf. redupl. *pi-pi- “flea” West Chadic pi:bi “flea” Pero HSED 1978: *pil- “insect” *pilu- “mosquito” Central Chadic fulay “mosquito” Mbara afili “mosquito” Musgoy *pil- “flea” Agaw peliya “flea” Kwara fäle “flea” Kemant *pil- “flea” Omotic pillo “flea” Kaffa cf. *pa?al “flying termite” Rift pa?al-iko “flying termite” Kwadza PMS pil “to make dirty, defiled, obscure” Sumerian PMA bolo- “dirty” Merlav pipili- “dirty” Raga palo- “dirty” Aniwa, Futuna parau- “dirty” Pwele prau- “dirty” Lelepa peram- “dirty” Eton pala- “muddy, black mud for dyeing” Samoa pala-pala- “mud, blood” Hawai'i pala-hea- “dirty, defiled” Hawai'i balah- “dirt, foulness” Sunda PMA pe- “bad, imprudent, rotten” Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa be- “evil” Fiji pua- “bad” Yevali piowa- “bad” Visina, Mapremo, Nikaura puanga- “bad” Lamenu pwopwarua- “bad” Nul pulupul- “bad” Mate Back