- παφλάζω
- παφλάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to bubble, to boil, blowing bubbles' (Ν 798).Other forms: Aeol. -άσδω (Alc.).Compounds: Rarely w. ἐκ-, ἐπι- a.o.Derivatives: παφλάσματα pl. n. `bubbles, blustery words' (Ar.), ἐκπαφλασμός m. `the boiling over' (Arist.).Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]Etymology: Onomatopoetic reduplicated formation like καχλάζω, βαβράζω a.o. (Schwyzer 647). Besides the unreduplicated aor. φλαδεῖν (intr.) `to crush, to tear up' (A. Ch. 28 [lyr.]); with ε-vowel φλεδών, -όνος f. `babble' (Plu.), φλέδων, -ονος `babbler' (A., Timo); with long vowel φληδῶντα ληροῦντα H. (Schwyzer 719). An exact analysis is unnecessary; similar formation are Toch. A plāc, B plāce `word, speech' (Holthausen IF 39, 66), Lat. blatiō, -īre `to babble, to prate' (cf. Pedersen Tocharisch 103). Further material, partly with diff. interpretation, in WP. 1, 210 a. 216, Pok. 155, W.-Hofmann s. flēmina and floccus. S. also φλέω, φλύω.Page in Frisk: 2,483-484
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.