flea

(Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. A small, wingless, parasitic insect of the order Siphonaptera, renowned for its bloodsucking habits and jumping abilities.
2. (derogatory) A thing of no significance.

Verb

To remove fleas from (an animal).

Verb

Obsolete spelling of flay.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/fliː/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: fle

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: flēah

Hevwate bi frîsî: flie

Hevwate bi nedersaksî: Flo

Hevwate bi holendî: vlo

Hevwate bi almanî: Floh

Hevwate bi îzlendî: fló

Hevwate bi latînî: pulex

Hevwate bi sanskrîtî: प्लुषि

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: fleen

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: flēan

In summary

From Middle English fle, from Old English flēah, flēa, from Proto-West Germanic *flauh, from Proto-Germanic *flauhaz (compare West Frisian flie, Low German Flo, Flö, Dutch vlo, German Floh, Icelandic fló), from pre-Germanic *plóukos, *plówkos, from or akin to Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (compare Latin pulex, Sanskrit प्लुषि (plúṣi)).
The archaic plural fleen is from Middle English fleen, flen, from Old English flēan (“fleas”).

Têgeh

kêç

Hevwate

louse

fleas

lice

tick

chigger

bug

🐛

dog louse

pulicidae

jigger

chigoe flea

bedbug

pulicid

chip

insect

leech

nit

sand flea

scratch

dog flea

bird louse

Werger

puce

pulga

pulce

Floh

vlo

pulga

ψύλλος

pchła

pire

puça

pulex

برغوث

kêç

piuse

pūlex