Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *pAus-

Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology

Meaning: to swell

Old Indian: púṣyati, puṣṇāti, poṣati `to be nourished, thrive, flourish', ptc. puṣṭá-; púṣṭi-, puṣṭí- f. `well-nourished condition, fatness', póṣa- m. `id.'; puṣkalá- `much, many, numerous'

Slavic: *pūxātī, *pūxnǭtī, *pūxlъ(jь), *pɨ̄xātī; *pɨ̄ščītī

Baltic: *pauš-k-ul-iā̃ f., *pa=paũš-k-a-, *=paus-k-a- c., *puš-k-a-, *pū̃š-k-a-, -ul-a- c., *pūs-n-ā̂- vb., *pus-l-iā̃ f., *pū̃s-l-iā̃ f., -ia- c., *pus-n-i- (2) c.

Germanic: *faus-ia- vb.

Russ. meaning: пухнуть

References: WP II 79 f