Etymograph

English

Phlegyas

Phlegyas comes from Ancient Greek φλέγω ‘burn’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to blaze, burn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰlegōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφλέγωphlégō‘burn’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΦλεγύαςPhlegúas
  5. EnglishtodayPhlegyas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘to blaze, burn’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰlegōreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφλέγωphlégō‘burn’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΦλεγύαςPhlegúas
  5. EnglishtodayPhlegyas

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blaze, burn’

ball, bowl, bell, bull, bold, flame, bald, boil, blaze, blush, blur, blizzard, bale, bleach, bolster, budge, sabha, blemish, bola, blithe, phallus, blain, bolero, bleat, 75 more

through Ancient Greek φλέγω ‘burn’

phlox, 8 more

Today it means

name A king of the Lapiths

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / Phlegyas