| Word form | pišum |
| LWT meaning(s) | |
| Word meaning | flea; body louse |
| Czech translation | blecha; veš (na těle) |
| Hungarian translation | bolha; tetű (test) |
| Grammatical info | noun, feminine |
| Analyzability | unanalyzable |
| Age | Proto-Indo-Iranian [9] (-2500–-2000) |
| Early Romani reconstruction | *pišúm *pišóm F/M? ‘flea’ – cf. Hungarian Rumungro pušom, pušum |
| Boretzky & Igla's etymology | 218: < OIA pluṣi-; cf. Lahnda pissu |
| Mānušs et al. etymology | 106: < OIA pṛṣ- ‘to annoy and hurt smb. by stinging, biting etc.’; cf. Hindi pissū M, Lahnda pissū, Parji pusũ, Dumaki puršúm |
| Vekerdi's etymology | 133: < Sanskrit *pṛiṣu [T] |
| Turner's etymology | 506: 9029 [...] 2. *pruṣi: Gy. gr. hung. boh. eng. pušum, Ḍ. purṣum m. 5. *priṣu: Pk. pisua -- m., °uā -- f., Gy. rum. pišom, wel. pišum, [...] pluṣi -- [Cf. Ir. in Psht. wrə&ghacek;a ʻ flea ʼ, Sogd. 'bš'h < Ir. *frušā; Yid. frīgo, Mj. fərīga < Ir. *frušikā; Yazgh. fərəš, Par. ruč, Orm. ṣ̂rak < Ir. *fruščī; Shgh. frägj < *frāšikā? EVSh 33] |