bhleu- The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

Appendix I

Indo-European Roots

ENTRY:	bhleu-
DEFINITION:	To swell, well up, overflow. Extension of bhel-². 1. Possibly Germanic blaut-. bloat, from Old Norse blautr,* soft, wet. 2. Extended form bhleug^w-. fluctuate, fluent, fluid, flume, fluor, fluoro-, flush², fluvial, flux; affluent, confluent, effluent, effluvium, efflux, fluoride, fluviomarine, influence, influenza, influx, mellifluous, reflux, solifluction, superfluous, from Latin fluere,* to flow, and -fluus, flowing. 3. Zero-grade form bhlu-. phlyctena, from Greek phlein,* phlzein, to boil over. 4. Possibly Greek phloos, phloios, tree bark (< “swelling with growth”): phloem. (Pokorny bhleu- 158.)


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